Cost Support Met Cooling Downstream Prices, Putting Pressure on High-Grade NPI Prices] March 16 News: SMM's upstream sentiment factor for high-grade NPI was 2.89, down 0.03 MoM, while the downstream ...

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

Today, aluminum prices continued to edge lower from last Friday, and with inventory remaining high, traders in the central China market showed limited bullish sentiment. Overall purchase volumes ...

Ouyang Minggao pointed out that large-scale mass production of all-solid-state batteries will still require 3–5 years, with test vehicles expected to appear by the end of 2026. Sulphide electrolyte ...

Ore Prices Continued to Rise, While Ferrochrome Remained Temporarily Stable] March 16, 2026: Spot chrome ore prices continued ...

Data Brief: As of Monday, March 16, copper inventories in SMM’s major regions nationwide fell 5.46% WoW from the previous Monday, with destocking seen across all regions.

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Digital Product Passports (DPP) introduced by the EU as part of regulatory of promoting sustainability, with batteries being ...

On March 16, news emerged that Samsung SDI has signed a contract with a US energy company for the supply of energy storage batteries. The contract val ...

SMM Secondary Aluminum Alloy Daily Review] Secondary aluminum alloy market quotations were generally lowered by 100 yuan/mt today. Affected by the pu ...

Shanghai Spot Copper] Looking ahead to tomorrow, the Shanghai spot copper market will officially quote against the 2604 contract. In terms of market structure, the Contango price spread between the ...

On March 12, Tianneng reached strategic cooperation agreements with four enterprises, focusing on emerging application scenarios such as drones and ro ...