This week (December 12-18, 2025), industry dynamics indicated that solid-state batteries had moved beyond the long-term ...

Spot demand remained weak during the day, with buyer inquiries concentrated on domestic warrants. Some warrants were heard closed at $45-60, QP December; transactions were concentrated at $40-50/mt, ...

SMM Shanghai spot copper] Looking ahead to next week, the overall market structure is not expected to change significantly before the year-end settlement. As downstream users in the north gradually ...

Recently, Mineral Resources (MinRes) held a groundbreaking ceremony for its Lamb Creek iron ore project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, marking the official start of the project's ...

Recently, Australian iron ore producer Fenix Resources Limited (abbreviated as Fenix) disclosed in its latest announcement that the company has formulated a three-year production plan. According to ...

(1) The US unadjusted CPI annual rate for November came in at 2.7%, lower than the market expectation of 3.1%; the US unadjusted core CPI annual rate for November was 2.6%, the lowest since March 2021 ...

The SMM #1 lead average price increased by 75 yuan/mt from yesterday to 16,800 yuan/mt today, with few spot order quotations for secondary refined lead. Mainstream tax-included ex-works quotations ...

On the afternoon of December 19, 2025, the most-traded SHFE tin contract SN2601 closed at 339,520 yuan/mt, up 4,520 yuan from the previous day, a gain of about 1.35%. During the session, it once ...

On December 19, the SMM battery-grade nickel sulphate index price was 27,112 yuan/mt, with the quotation range for battery-grade nickel sulphate at 27,380-27,480 yuan/mt, and the average price ...

Today in North China, spot prices of #1 copper cathode against the front-month contract were at a discount of 470–350 yuan/mt, with an average discount of 410 yuan/mt, down 50 yuan/mt from the ...

In December 2025, emergency controls were activated due to air pollution in key phosphorus chemical industry areas of Hubei, ...

SMM Analysis：Time flies, and the end of 2025 is approaching. This year marks a concentrated production ramp-up period for ...