Moscow August 21 news, Russian gold and silver producer Polymetal said on Tuesday that the company’s net income in the first half of 2018 climbed 46% year-on-year to 175 million US dollars, both increased production and sales.

Polymetal recently launched the operation of its Kyzyl mine in Kazakhstan, which will produce 80,000 ounces of gold this year.

Polymetal CEO Vitaly Nesis said in a statement: “We expect production to increase in the second half of the year with free cash flow.”

Polymetal said the company is expected to produce 1.55 million ounces of gold equivalents of gold and other metals this year, with total cash costs expected to be in the range of $650-700 per ounce.

According to data released by the Malaysian Statistics Bureau on Monday, the country’s natural rubber production in June 2018 was 41,578 tons, an increase of 16.3% from 35,761 tons in May and a decrease of 17.9% from the same period last year.

According to data released by the Malaysian Statistics Bureau on Monday, the country’s natural rubber production in June 2018 was 41,578 tons, compared with 35,761 tons in May.

In June, the average price of concentrated latex was 439.83 sen per kg, while the price of SMR20 rubber in Malaysia was 545.20 sen per kg, which was 9.7% and 2.8% lower than the average price in May.

According to data released by the Malaysian Statistics Bureau on Monday, the country’s natural rubber production in June 2018 was 41,578 tons, compared with 35,761 tons in May.

Malaysia’s natural rubber exports in June were 52,395 tons, a decrease of 8.5% from the previous month. The main export destinations are China, Germany, Iran, Turkey and the United States.

In the same month, Malaysia’s domestic natural rubber consumption decreased by 7.3% to 40,830 tons. The rubber glove industry used 31,391 tons of natural rubber, accounting for 76.9% of the country’s total domestic consumption.

Natural rubber stocks were 196,410 tons, a decrease of 9.2% from 216,217 tons at the end of May.

First, the trend analysis

According to business community data, nickel prices rebounded slightly after a sharp fall this week. At the beginning of the week, the nickel price was 114,100 yuan / ton. On the weekend, the nickel price fell to 11,1037.5 yuan / ton, a decrease of 2.68%.

Second, the market trend analysis

At the beginning of this week, Shanghai Nickel 1811 opened at 113,080 yuan, and then the price rose to a maximum of 114,500 yuan. After that, it fell all the way, closing at 110,090 yuan on Friday. On Friday morning, the highest price reached 114,940 yuan, the week fell 3,170 yuan, and the weekly decline was 2.80%. This week’s spot supply is generally, Jinchuan nickel premiums maintain b1800 yuan / ton level, Russian nickel supply increased compared with last week, premiums maintained b300 yuan / ton, due to the low price of nickel, traders out of Jinchuan nickel is not much, downstream procurement Russian nickel is more active, and the overall market is generally trading.

On the macro level, the Trump administration has been radical, and China, Russia, Iran and Turkey have been suppressed to varying degrees. This week, the Lira plunged, the Turkish crisis, and the US dollar rose, causing pessimism in the market and putting pressure on nickel prices.

In terms of inventory, domestic nickel inventories fell from 18,844 tons to 18,104 tons this week. The pattern of LME stocks has remained unchanged, supporting nickel, and the space in the medium and long term nickel is limited. On the other hand, the recent decline in global nickel inventories has slowed down. Overall, the supply and demand situation of electrolytic nickel has eased. The superimposed nickel sulfate premium has decreased, and new energy cathode materials orders have weakened.

On the demand side, nickel’s future demand is strong, including new energy batteries, boosted by China’s infrastructure, and the peak season effect of gold, nine, and silver.

Third, the outlook outlook

Nickel analysts of the business community Nonferrous Metals believe that this week’s Turkish crisis triggered a wave of asset-selling in the whole market. The strong US dollar made the non-ferrous metals fall sharply, but the fundamentals of nickel prices are still acceptable, stocks continue to decline, and future demand is good, but nickel Metal properties are still greatly affected by macro factors. The uncertainty of Sino-US trade still has a large impact. It is expected that if the US dollar continues to rise in the future, nickel has a short-term weakening probability, and the price is between 100,000-120,000 yuan/ton.

On August 14, the PX Commodity Index was 66.40, which was the same as yesterday. It was down by 35.16% from the highest point of 102.40 points (2013-02-28) in the cycle, which was 45.77% higher than the lowest point of 45.55 on February 15, 2016. (Note: Period refers to 2013-02-01 to date)

Recently, the domestic market price of para-xylene remained at 8,300 yuan/ton, the on-site installation of Pengzhou Petrochemical was overhauled, and the Urumqi petrochemical plant was started at 50%. The Tenglong aromatics plant has been in operation, other devices are temporarily operating stably, and the domestic paraxylene market is normal. The operating rate of PX devices in Asia is less than 70%. On August 14, the closing price of the paraxylene market in Asia increased by US$16/ton, and the closing price was US$1132-1134/ton FOB Korea and 1151-1153 USD/ton CFR China, USA WTI crude oil September futures market price fell to 67.04 US dollars / barrel, a decline of 0.16 US dollars, Brent crude oil October futures prices fell to 72.46 US dollars / barrel, a decline of 0.15 US dollars, even if the upstream raw material prices fell slightly, but recently The textile industry has risen sharply, and the PX market price remains high. The downstream PTA market was affected by the delay in resumption of production, and the PTA supply was slightly tight or continued. As of the 14th, the domestic PTA operating rate was around 81.6%, the PTA price continued to rise, and the average price of the East China region was 7850-7900 yuan. /Ton the vicinity of the self-lifting, coupled with the downstream production and sales maintained relatively high level of smooth operation, PTA is still in a balanced small de-stocking state, it is expected that the PX market price will remain high in the later period.

On August 13, according to media reports, due to less-than-expected shipments and demand for stocks during the rainy season, the supply of nickel ore in the third quarter turned into a shortage, and the price of nickel ore will rise.