[SMM Morning Comment on Zinc: Social Inventory of Zinc Ingots Continues to Increase, SHFE Zinc Maintains Fluctuating Trend] Overnight, the most-traded SHFE zinc 2508 contract opened at 22,295 yuan/mt.

SMM: Copper prices may surge again in Q4 amid macro recovery & ore supply tightness, while the tight balance of supply and demand will support aluminum prices to fluctuate upward throughout the year ...

[SMM Spot Aluminum Lunchtime Review: Discounted Transactions Persist Across Regions, with Slight Improvement in Trading Volume on the Weekend] On the inventory side, according to SMM's data on ...

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Data from the Online Inquiry Platform for Customs Statistics revealed that China's imports of copper scrap (including copper waste and shredded copper scrap) in May 2025 were 185,200.905 mt, down 9.55 ...

Imports in May In May 2025, China's imports of ternary cathode material (combined NCM+NCA figures) reached 5,332 mt, down 13% MoM and 38% YoY. Among them, NCM imports were 3,901 mt, a 25% decrease MoM ...

[Profits Under Pressure, Coke Plant Operations May Continue to Decline Next Week] This week, coke prices remained stable, having no negative impact on coke plant profits. However, on the cost side, ...

This week, rebar prices consolidated, with the nationwide average price at 3,089 yuan/mt, up 2 yuan/mt MoM. On the supply side, blast furnace steel mill profits remained around 100 yuan/mt. After the ...

[SMM Analysis:Optimistic Outlook for Raw Material Imports? A Storm Is Brewing ] Copper concentrate import data for May 2025 generally fell short of market expectations, especially import figures which ...

Next week, key macroeconomic data releases will include the final reading of the US's annualized Q1 real GDP growth rate, the year-on-year change in the US's core PCE price index for May, and the ...

According to Leap Motor's procurement news: 1.Sourcing category name: Sourcing of magnesium alloy automotive parts and raw material suppliers 2.Sourcing background: Our company plans to mass-produce ...