The World Market for Nickel Mattes: A 2016 Global Trade Perspective

This report was created for strategic planners, international executives and import/export managers who are concerned with the market for nickel mattes. With the globalization of this market, managers can no longer be contented with a local view. Nor can managers be contented with out-of-date statistics that appear several years after the fact. I have developed a methodology, based on macroeconomic and trade models, to estimate the market for nickel mattes for those countries serving the world market via exports or supplying from various countries via imports. I do so for the current year based on a variety of key historical indicators and econometric models. On the demand side, exporters and strategic planners approaching the world market face a number of questions. Which countries are supplying nickel mattes? What is the dollar value of these imports? How much do the imports of nickel mattes vary from one country to another? Do exporters serving the world market have similar market shares across the importing countries? Which countries supply the most exports of nickel mattes? Which countries are buying their exports? What is the value of these exports and which countries are the largest buyers?

1 METHODOLOGY 7 1.1 Our Approach 7 2 THE WORLD MARKET 11 2.1 Exports 11 2.1.1 The World Market: Nickel Mattes Export Supplies in 2016 11 2.2 Imports 13 2.2.1 The World Market: Imported Nickel Mattes in 2016 13 3 EXPORTS 17 3.1 Africa: Export Supplies of Nickel Mattes 17 3.1.1 Executive Summary 17 3.1.2 Botswana 19 3.1.3 Congo (formerly Zaire) 20 3.1.4 South Africa 20 3.1.5 Zambia 20 3.2 Asia: Export Supplies of Nickel Mattes 20 3.2.1 Executive Summary 20 3.2.2 Indonesia 23 3.2.3 Japan 23 3.2.4 Singapore 23 3.2.5 Thailand 23 3.3 Europe: Export Supplies of Nickel Mattes 24 3.3.1 Executive Summary 24 3.3.2 Finland 26 3.3.3 Germany 27 3.3.4 Russia 27 3.3.5 Sweden 27 3.3.6 the Netherlands 27 3.4 Latin America: Export Supplies of Nickel Mattes 28 3.4.1 Executive Summary 28 3.4.2 Brazil 30 3.4.3 Venezuela 31 3.5 North America & the Caribbean: Export Supplies of Nickel Mattes 31 3.5.1 Executive Summary 31 3.5.2 Canada 33 3.5.3 the United States 34 3.6 Oceana: Export Supplies of Nickel Mattes 34 3.6.1 Executive Summary 34 3.6.2 Australia 36 3.6.3 New Caledonia 37 4 IMPORTS 38 4.1 Africa: Nickel Mattes Imports in 2016 38 4.1.1 Executive Summary 38 4.1.2 Nigeria 40 4.1.3 Zimbabwe 41 4.2 Asia: Nickel Mattes Imports in 2016 41 4.2.1 Executive Summary 41 4.2.2 China 43 4.2.3 Japan 44 4.2.4 Malaysia 44 4.2.5 Philippines 44 4.2.6 Sri Lanka 45 4.3 Europe: Nickel Mattes Imports in 2016 45 4.3.1 Executive Summary 45 4.3.2 Belgium 48 4.3.3 Finland 49 4.3.4 France 49 4.3.5 Germany 49 4.3.6 Italy 50 4.3.7 Norway 50 4.3.8 Russia 50 4.4 Latin America: Nickel Mattes Imports in 2016 51 4.4.1 Executive Summary 51 4.4.2 Colombia 51 4.5 North America & the Caribbean: Nickel Mattes Imports in 2016 52 4.5.1 Executive Summary 52 4.5.2 Canada 54 5 DISCLAIMERS, WARRANTEES, AND USER AGREEMENT PROVISIONS 55 5.1 Disclaimers & Safe Harbor 55 5.2 ICON Group International, Inc. User Agreement Provisions 56