Presentation: Nickel - The necessity of higher prices [pdf ... - Hatch
Presentation: Nickel - The necessity of higher prices [pdf ... - Hatch
Presentation: Nickel - The necessity of higher prices [pdf ... - Hatch
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METAL BULLETIN 25 TH INTERNATIONAL FERROALLOYS CONFERENCE, 2009<br />
Long-term Ni <strong>prices</strong> have averaged just under $14,000/tonne in real terms<br />
(2008 $)<br />
Long-term Ni <strong>prices</strong> ($/tonne)<br />
Drivers <strong>of</strong> long-term Ni price<br />
40,000<br />
30,000<br />
Nominal<br />
Real (2008 <strong>prices</strong>)<br />
Supply / Demand<br />
Long-term stainless production<br />
Long-term Ni availability, investment vs. exploitation<br />
20,000<br />
Long-term<br />
real average<br />
Supplier / Consumer power balance<br />
Consolidation in Ni, stainless industries<br />
Backward / Forward integration<br />
10,000<br />
0<br />
1900<br />
1908<br />
Source: USGS, LME, <strong>Hatch</strong> Beddows<br />
1916<br />
1924<br />
1932<br />
1940<br />
1948<br />
1956<br />
1964<br />
1972<br />
1980<br />
1988<br />
1996<br />
2004<br />
18<br />
Technology<br />
Reduction in marginal costs <strong>of</strong> mining, processing<br />
Greater accessibility <strong>of</strong> ores<br />
Processing <strong>of</strong> by-products<br />
Substitution<br />
Non-nickel stainless, Li-ion batteries