SMM Analysis]Weak Supply-Demand Pattern; Secondary Aluminum Prices Were Expected to Come Under Pressure and Pull Back in April ...

SMM Nickel Flash News] Based on the cash cost of high-grade NPI calculated using nickel ore prices from 25 days earlier, profits at high-grade NPI sm ...

Barrick Mining said that its Reko Diq copper-gold project in Pakistan still plans to achieve first production by the end of 2028.The project is a larg ...

This week, total inventory at 35 main ports fell by 300,000 mt WoW to 155.48 million mt; over the same period, daily average port pick-up volume is expected to increase by 3 million mt, up 150,000 mt ...

This week, stainless steel spot prices fell slightly more than production costs, further worsening the inversion between stainless steel mill prices and costs. Taking 304 cold-rolled products as an ...

US President Trump adjusted the national security tariffs on imports of steel, aluminum, and copper, lowering the tariff rates on derivative products ...

SMM Nickel Flash] The average SMM price of 10-12% high-grade NPI fell WoW by 1 yuan/nickel unit to 1,082.5 yuan/nickel unit (ex-factory, tax included ...

SMM Nickel Flash] This week, the price center of refined nickel moved lower, while high-grade NPI prices remained stable. The average discount of hig ...

China Iron Ore Brief Review] In west Liaoning, local iron ore concentrates prices fell slightly by 5 yuan/mt, with the ex-factory prices of 66-grade iron ore concentrates, wet basis and excluding tax, ...

According to data from the CPCA, lithium battery exports reached 926,000 mt in January-February 2026, up 63%, while export value rose 43% to $14.2 bil ...

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Indonesia has postponed the planned April 1 implementation of windfall taxes on coal and nickel exports, as authorities continue to review the technic ...