VIGA Fabrikisto de Kranoj 
Nickel is one of the raw materials for the plating of products such as sink faucets and shower column set. 300 series stainless steel with nickel as the main raw material is also widely used in the sanitary industry. The rise in nickel prices is expected to have a certain impact on production companies.
Indonesia accelerates export ban, nickel prices skyrocket
The Indonesian official finally confirmed that a ban on nickel ore exports will be imposed on January 1, 2020, two years ahead of the previously announced time. If the ban is implemented in advance, La ekzistanta nikel-fera produktadkapacito de Indonezio tute ne kapablas digesti la nikelercan produktadon de Indonezio., kiu estas atendita kaŭzi gravan mankon de tutmondaj nikelresursoj antaŭe 2022. In the current global nickel market, there has been a narrow gap. Raise the price of nickel sharply.
In July of this year, onidiroj pri la minmalpermeso de Indonezio estis senbridaj, driving nickel prices to rise sharply. Inter ili, la ĉefa kontrakto de ŝanhaja nikelo altiĝis 11.09% kaj 16.13% in July and August, respektive. The increase of LME nickel in July and August was 14.70% kaj 23.57% respektive.
Laŭ la Ŝanhaja Futures Exchange, Ĉinio estas la plej granda konsumanto de nikelo en la mondo, kun konsumo de 1.14 milionoj da tunoj en 2017, kontado pri 53.4% de totala tutmonda konsumo. Pro la relative malabundaj nikelaj rimedoj en Ĉinio kaj la alta dependeco de krudaĵoj de fremdaj materialoj, granda kvanto de importita nikelerco estas postulata.
Laŭ la datumoj de la Ĝenerala Administracio de Dogano, the total import volume of China’s nickel ore and concentrates in 2018 estis 46,992,300 tunoj, of which Indonesia’s imports were 1,501,500 tunoj, kaj Filipinoj’ imports were 30,082,000 tunoj, kontado pri 31.96% kaj 63.86% respektive. Se Indonezio efektivigas minan malpermeson, China will be seriously affected and manufacturers will face further pressure from rising costs.
Stainless steel faucet is the most affected
La kuireja kaj banĉambro industrio havas grandan postulon je metala nikelo. The largest amount is stainless steel faucet. The GB/T 35763-2017 “neoksidebla ŝtala krano” national standard implemented in July 2018, the units involved in the drafting include JOMOO, Huayi, Primy and other well-known companies. On the e-commerce platform, multiple brands of stainless steel faucets are also available.
It is understood that the stainless steel faucet mainly uses 304 neoksidebla ŝtalo kiel la ĉefa krudmaterialo. The nickel content of 0.304 stainless steel is 8%-11%. The price of nickel will rise, and the price of stainless steel will rise simultaneously, pulling up the price of related finished products.
Samtempe, ĉar nikelo havas bonan korodan reziston kaj ductilecon, it is often used in the plating surface of bathroom hardware to improve wear resistance and corrosion resistance. The nickel layer of some high-end products can be as thick as tens of microns. Tial, some sanitary ware companies that use faucets and showers as their main products often mention nickel in the column of pollutant emissions in their annual reports. Ekzemple, a listed sanitary ware company has seen an increase in total nickel emissions in recent years. En 2017, total nickel emissions were 0.0231 tunoj, kaj en 2018 it reached 0.0382 tunoj.
Krome, more and more companies have begun to produce stainless steel bathroom cabinets in recent years, kaj neoksidebla ŝtalo ankaŭ estas uzata kiel akcesoraĵoj en tradiciaj banĉambroŝrankoj. The increase in nickel prices will bring some cost pressure to these enterprises.
