According to SMM research, from April 17 to April 23, 2026, the weekly comprehensive operating rate of lead-acid battery enterprises across five provinces surveyed by SMM was 68.59%, down 1.07 ...

Macro economic data side, China's April official manufacturing PMI, the US March core PCE price index year-on-year, and the US April ISM manufacturing PMI are about to be released. In addition, the US ...

SMM Daily HRC Trading] On April 24, the combined daily HRC trading volume of SMM's sample enterprises across four cities (Shanghai, Lecong, Tianjin, ...

XTC New Energy Materials (Xiamen) announced that its controlling subsidiary Ya'an XTC New Energy planned to invest in a new annual 40,000 mt lithium i ...

China's imports of silver (unwrought silver ingots with purity ≥99.99%, HS code 71069110) reached 398.62 mt in March, up 93% MoM from February, fulfilling expectations that silver ingot imports would ...

Coupled with rising speculative demand and growing willingness among traders to hoard goods, magnesium prices trended upward step by step.In mid-to-late April, driven by height aversion, end‑use ...

Tug-of-War Between Longs and Shorts Continued, SHFE and LME Prices Fluctuated Upward] At the beginning of the week, boosted by optimistic sentiment over the easing of earlier geopolitical tensions, ...

Nickel prices trended higher in a volatile manner this week, with supply-side news serving as the core driver of price movements. At the beginning of the week, the most-traded SHFE nickel contract ...