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Shanghai Metals Market7m
Iron Ore Spot Price In the Doldrums, Sluggish Trading Activity {{SMM Commentary}}
Today, there was no guidance from the futures market, and spot market prices remained in the doldrums. Traders' enthusiasm for quoting was average; steel mills adopted a cautious wait-and-see attitude ...
Shanghai Metals Market13m
Imports of unwrought aluminum alloy declined by 3% YoY in Q1 2025 [SMM Analysis]
SMM Analysis]Inverted Price Spread Between Domestic and Overseas Markets Squeezes Import Profits, with Unwrought Aluminum ...
Shanghai Metals Market15m
Mixed Bullish and Bearish News in the Market: How Will the Market Perform in the Future? [[SMM Analysis]]
[SMM Analysis: Mixed Long and Short Market News, Where Will Magnesium Prices Go?] Recently, there has been a mix of long and short news, and the market has expressed confusion about the current ...
Shanghai Metals Market22m
Hongliang Cable Invites You to Attend the 2025 SMM (3rd) Wire and Cable Industry Development Conference
The copper plant covers 100 mu and currently has 6 sets of up-casting oxygen-free copper rod continuous casting units and 2 ...
Shanghai Metals Market44m
Guidance Prices for Various Series of Domestic Large Stainless Steel Mills on April 27 [[SMM Steel Mill Guidance Price]]
[SMM Steel Mill Guidance Price] Guidance prices for various series of domestic large stainless steel mills on April 27: TISCO ...
Shanghai Metals Market1h
Experts' Insights: Life Cycle Management of Energy Storage Systems [[PV ESS Summit Middle East]]
Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) life cycle management is a systematic approach that oversees all stages from planning ...
Shanghai Metals Market1h
As the Sino-US Trade War Continues to Escalate, What Lies Ahead for Imported Secondary Copper Raw Material?
Given that US goods exported to China are no longer marketable under the current tariff levels, if the US continues to impose additional tariffs on Chinese goods exported to the US, China will ...
Shanghai Metals Market2h
In March, the net exports of stainless steel increased significantly. In April, tariff policy disturbances raised market concerns. [SMM Analysis]
Data showed that China's total stainless steel exports in March 2025 surged to 520,500 mt, up 54.24% MoM, returning to a high level above 500,000 mt, and up 13.41% YoY. By product structure, the share ...
Shanghai Metals Market3h
The proportion of EQ copper cathode imports exceeded 70%.
According to customs data, China's copper cathode imports in March 2025 reached 308,800 mt. SMM compiled data showed that ...
Shanghai Metals Market3h
The List of Winning Candidates for the 200MW/800MWh Grid-Forming ESS EPC Project in Shule, Xinjiang Has Been Announced.
The first winning candidate is the consortium of China Construction Eighth Engineering Division Third Construction Co., Ltd. and Huasheng (Shenzhen) Electric Power Design Institute Co., Ltd., with a ...
Shanghai Metals Market3h
0.8 yuan/Wh! Tender for EPC of 600MWh User-Side ESS Power Station in Anhui
Polaris Energy Storage Network learned that on April 23, Guoyang Yufeng Power Generation Co., Ltd. issued an EPC tender announcement for the user-side ESS power station (300MW/600MWh) project in ...
Shanghai Metals Market3h
China's Q1 auto imports were less than 100,000 units, down nearly 40% YoY. Imports of US autos were less than 10,000 units.
Cui Dongshu, Secretary General of the Passenger Car Association, stated in an article on April 26 that China's auto imports have been declining at an average annual rate of around 8% since 2017, when ...