In May, nickel ore imports from the Philippines to China increased by 61.55% month-on-month to 5,476,469 tonnes, according to the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC). Meanwhile, the production of MHP in Indonesia rose by 5.88% MoM to 28,800 tonnes in May, and nickel matte production dropped by 9.77% MoM to 36,000 tonnes.In the NPI sector, low-grade nickel pig iron (NPI) production increased 10.82% MoM to 6,073 tonnes, while high-grade NPI production increased 12.09% MoM to 21,173 tonnes in May, based on the data from Mysteel.China's nickel sulfate production totaled 240,215 tonnes in May, or 52,847 tonnes in Ni. content in May, down 5.50% month on month (MoM) according to Mysteel survey. In addition, the production of ternary precursors rose 2.87% to 100,300 tonnes. In May, China's ternary cathode material (8-series) production increased by 3.16% MoM to 33,822 tonnes, and 6-series production rose by 11.34% to 43,713 tonnes.