According to the latest SMM statistics, China's overall mine capacity utilization rate stood at 58.2% this week, up 0.9 percentage points WoW. Iron ore concentrate production reached 900,000 mt, ...

In the secondary refined lead market, prices diverged with ex-works prices ranging from 15,975 to 16,050 yuan/mt. Market quotes varied, with some at a 75 yuan/mt discount and others at a 20 ...

SMM Tungsten Express] On October 19, CME Group announced plans to launch tungsten futures to meet growing demand for its metals product suite. The new contract is expected to begin trading ...

Cornish Tin & Lithium (CTL) appointed four former Imerys British Lithium senior managers on two-year contracts to speed its tin-lithium assets to production. Hanno Buys (20+ years, 70+ ...

SMM Aluminum Alloy Update] SHFE data shows that on October 19, total registered warrants for cast aluminum alloy stood at 13,704 mt, down 540 mt from the previous trading day.

In Shandong, mines and beneficiation plants quoted 64-grade alkaline concentrates at 755 on a dry basis, before tax, with acceptance payment, ex-mine, down 4. Steelmakers lowered ...

The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero approved two large ground-mounted solar-plus-storage projects on October 8 and 9. Green Hill Solar Farm, located across North Northamptonshire ...

Despite lower arrivals, iron ore port stocks in China increased, with DCE futures and Qingdao spot prices rising. Global shipments fell 4.7% week-on-week, but shipments to China rose 7.0%. SMM ...

In the afternoon trading on October 19, SMM reported that Pr-Nd oxide and gadolinium oxide prices declined, with reduced willingness to hold prices by some suppliers. Downstream inquiries ...

During the sixth RISC-V China Summit, ZTE Microelectronics' subsidiary Liruiwei unveiled the Everest 200, a high-performance RISC-V CPU chip built for intelligent computing centers, marking ...

The coking coal market in Linfen saw low-sulphur coking coal offered at 2,360 yuan/mt, with supply growth expectations countered by limited mine output and strict safety supervision. Meanwhile, ...

Lizhong Group announced on the evening of January 18th that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Hebei Lizhong Alloy Group Co., Ltd., signed a "Strategic Cooperation Agreement for a Joint ...