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Nickel plating shop if seeking nickel sulphate

RFQ: I run a very small electroless nickel plating shop and we use about 1000 lbs of nickel sulphate (or chloride) a month. Our supplier just raised his price 25%! We need a new supplier to survive. I am looking for a direct contact seller of this product. Please no "you might try the ABC company or give the AAAA Corp. a buzz." Thank you.

Warren S [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
- brooklyn new york USA
2000

Ed. note: Sorry, this RFQ is old & outdated, so contact info is no longer available. However, if you feel that something technical should be said in reply, please post it; no public commercial suggestions please ( huh? why?)

A. I'd be having a bad day too if my costs suddenly jumped 25 percent, Warren! Good luck -- hopefully one of our supporting advertisers will contact you.

But this forum is made possible by supporting advertisers for camaraderie and public non-commercial technical discussions. They're pleased to do that, but they don't wish to pay the costs of postings that steer the readers to their competitors, and we all work hard to keep the discussions non-commercial because vested interest responses promote spam and drive wedges into the camaraderie.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2000

A. Just thought I'd add my two cents to this. The supplier is not at fault since the price of any metal salt is ultimately driven by the cost of the base metal. In this case nickel metal and the price of nickel has been climbing rapidly.

There have been production problems worldwide with Nickel metal, plus Inco has had labour problems in the past year which has affected production.

Check out the LME Nickel price in the Wall Street Journal and compare it with the price 6 months ago (may have to go to the library for this) and I'm sure you'll find why nickel salt prices have gone up.

Ken Lemke
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
2000

A. Dear Warren,

We find ourselves in the same boat here with the worldwide prices zooming. Combined with nearly 60% import duties, the price of nickel metal in the retail market here are about $17 per kg. Nickel Sulphate retails at about $4 per kg.

Both have gone up by 100% and survival is a big issue now.

If anyone from Inco is reading this, could you please give us an idea of future trends? The market is waiting for prices to stabilise, but is it going to happen ?

thanks and regards,

Khozem Vahaanwala
Saify Ind

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

2000

RFQ: We are looking for a manufacturer of NICKEL sulphate urgently. Kindly introduce us to a supplier ASAP.

Thank you,

Shah Rajesh
manufacturing of polystyrene - Singapore
2003

RFQ: Sir,

I run an import and export company I need nickel sulphate and nickel plates for nickel plating for my customers, we need 4 m tones /month every products. We need best supplier. I am looking for a direct contact seller of these products. Please send me the address and contact nos. for above, I will thankful to you for this help.

MUHAMMAD ZAHEER
IMPORTER - BAHAWAL PUR, Punjab, PAKISTAN
2004

2004

RFQ: We are a leading manufacturer of Electroplating chemicals and Brighteners in India. We require the following chemicals in large quantities.

1. Nickel sulphate
2. Nickel chloride
3. Nickel sulphamate
4. Chromic acid

Regards

Gaurav Bhalotra
- New Delhi, Delhi, India

A. Hello readers,
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Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
April 5, 2013

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