[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.

Double pressure from cost and demand makes it difficult for short-term prices to rise [SMM Weekly Review of Fluoride Salts] [SMM HRC Daily Review] Supply tightens expected to continue, HRC prices hold ...

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 ...

According to SMM statistics, as of July 3, the inventory of aluminum billets in major domestic consumption areas stood at 153,500 mt, an increase of 6,000 mt from Monday last week and 11,000 mt from ...

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[Macro uncertainty coupled with weak domestic fundamentals led to mixed performance in zinc prices on SHFE and LME this week] At the beginning of the week, LME zinc continued the fluctuating trend ...

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 ...