A review of the data showed that auto production and sales in China remained at low levels, while exports stayed resilient. Excavators retreated from ...

SMM Steel】Facing the 50% US steel tariff, Algoma Steel is adjusting operations. It will close its blast furnaces and coke ovens ahead of schedule, pi ...

As of March 16, tungsten prices in China saw a slight correction, with APT quoted at 1.505 million yuan/mt. The market's fear of high prices was released, entering a phase of rational wait-and-see.

Overnight, the alumina futures 2505 contract fluctuated rangebound. After opening, it edged up to 2,991 yuan/mt before coming under pressure and pulli ...

Last week, SMM's global iron ore shipments increased by 4.13 million mt WoW to 31.97 million mt, up 14.85%. Meanwhile, total port arrivals in China reached 28.13 million mt, up 5.06 million mt WoW, or ...

Data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed that in January-February, China’s real estate development investment ...

Intraday, the SHFE copper 2603 contract fell below the 100,000-yuan mark for the second time after trading began. According to SMM, spot market activi ...

Supply side, upstream cost support still remained. Demand side, downstream spot order procurement mainly focused on ...

On 9 January, China’s Ministry of Finance and the State Taxation Administration released a new export tax rebate policy. From 1 April 2026, China’s ex ...

The SMM high-grade NPI market sentiment factor was 2.26, down 0.06 MoM; the upstream sentiment factor for high-grade ...

SMM Daily Brief Review of Coking Coal and Coke] In terms of supply, as the Two Sessions ended, coke producers previously subject to production restrictions gradually resumed production. With losses ...

Cost Support Met Cooling Downstream Prices, Putting Pressure on High-Grade NPI Prices] March 16 News: SMM's upstream ...