SMM's review on September 30 shows that China's waste lead-acid battery market saw stable prices and sluggish trading before the National Day holiday, with smelters maintaining steady ...

SMM Analysis] Primary Lead Smelters Keep Furnaces Running During National Day Holiday! How Are Production and Lead Ingot Pre-sales Faring SMM, September 30: As the National Day holiday ...

In September 2026, China's metallurgical-grade alumina output increased slightly by 0.7% month-on-month, driven by new capacity in Shanxi and Guangxi. National installed capacity stood at ...

According to an SMM survey, sample wire and cable enterprises in China had an average holiday of 2.07 days, the same as last year. However, last year featured an 8-day combined National Day ...

SMM Weekly Stainless Steel Futures Review — week of September 28-30, 2026. SHFE stainless closed at RMB 13,695/mt, down 0.47% in the three pre-holiday sessions, ending a two-week rally. Nickel ...

According to SMM statistics, the operating rate of major wire and cable enterprises in China rose 1.73 percentage points MoM to 72.18% in September 2026, down 0.05 percentage points YoY.

Chinese steel producer Maanshan Iron & Steel (Masteel), a subsidiary of China Baowu Steel Group, has ordered a new continuous billet caster from Italian plantmaker Danieli for its plant ...

SMM Copper Social Inventory Flash] As of September 30, SMM copper inventories in major regions across China fell to around 70,000 mt, down 1,100 mt WoW and over 70,000 mt YoY, with ...

China has become one of the countries with the fastest-rising innovation capacity] At the press conference on the "Launching the 15th Five-Year Plan" ...

Resource Exploration and Secondary Capacity Advance in Tandem, European Mine Projects Face Implementation Hurdles] Canada's Magnora Resources released drilling assay ...

SMM Shanghai spot copper] Looking ahead to the post-holiday period, on September 30, SMM recorded social inventory in Shanghai at 49,200 mt, down 2,000 mt WoW; social inventory in Jiangsu stood ...

According to SMM statistics, as of September 30, aluminum billet inventory in major consuming areas in China recorded 149,500 mt, an inventory buildup of 500 mt WoW from last Thursday and ...