On April 2, 2026, the White House ushered US steel trade policy into "Version 2.0." This strategic shift goes beyond simple ...

Zinc Concentrate Production] According to SMM, a mine in Southwest China resumed production and operations in early March. As output increases in Apr ...

Zinc Concentrate Production] According to SMM, a mine in Central China plans to suspend production for a short period for maintenance in April, which ...

Zinc Concentrate Production] According to SMM, a mine in North China resumed production and operations in mid-March, and plans to continue ramping up ...

China’s lead ingot import window had remained open for a long time, attracting overseas lead ingot inflows into the Chinese market and reducing spot lead circulation in Southeast Asia and other ...

It was learned that the SMM weekly composite operating rate of lead-acid battery enterprises in five provinces was 73.45% from March 27 to April 2, 2026, down 0.47 percentage points WoW from the ...

SMM Daily Hot-Rolled Coil Trading] On April 3, the total daily trading volume of hot-rolled coil at sample enterprises in four SMM cities (Shanghai, ...

Recent 'EIA' data shows rooftop solar now makes up 20% of Puerto Rico's power capacity (1,456 MW), surpassing natural gas as the second-largest source ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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