Overall, despite increased demand and higher outflows over the weekend, spot premiums remained unchanged from yesterday, with overall trading activity better than the previous day.

Today, #1 copper cathode spot prices against the front-month contract in Guangdong ranged from 30 yuan/mt to a premium of 90 yuan/mt, with an average premium of 60 yuan/mt, unchanged from the previous ...

Silver prices continued to hold up well today. The spot-futures price spread for the SHFE silver 2510 contract against TD widened slightly to 25-29 yuan/kg, with some suppliers marginally increasing ...

[SHFE Copper Spot] Looking ahead to next week, imports are expected to continue arriving, but domestic supply is set to decrease. With copper prices fluctuating rangebound, downstream buyers are ...

SHFE TIN PRICES FLUCTUATE DOWNWARD UNDER MACRO PRESSURE AND STALEMATED SUPPLY AND DEMAND] As of this morning's close, the most-traded SHFE tin 2509 contract closed at 265,710 yuan/mt, down 19,400 yuan ...

The ex-factory price (excluding tax) for 1-3 grade dolomite (Wutai) was 78 yuan/mt, and for 2-4 grade dolomite (Wutai) it was 128 yuan/mt; the mainstream ex-factory price for 75 ferrosilicon in ...

SMM Tin Morning Briefing on August 22, 2025: Futures: The most-traded SHFE tin contract (SN2509) fluctuated rangebound at a low level during the night session, closing at 266,800 yuan/mt, down 0.3% ...

Li-Cycle co-founder Ajay Kochhar joined Glencore in August as the new head of battery recycling business, with his LinkedIn profile updated accordingly. Li-Cycle was once a star startup in the battery ...

[SMM Lead Morning Brief: Fundamental Conditions Remain Unclear, Domestic and Overseas Lead Prices Show Consolidation Trend] SMM August 22: Overnight, LME lead opened at $1978.5/mt, continuing the ...

Futures: LME copper opened at $9,677.5/mt overnight, initially touched a low of $9,673/mt, then the price center gradually moved upward and approached $9,746.5/mt near the end of the session, finally ...

Off-Season Suppression Persists but Peak Season Expectations Rise, Aluminum Prices Maintain Range-Bound Pattern] High aluminum prices have somewhat suppressed off-season consumption, but as the peak ...

Funds Still Expecting Macro Policies SHFE Zinc Edges Up] Overnight, the most-traded SHFE zinc 2510 contract opened at 22,215 yuan/mt. At the start of the session, SHFE zinc dipped to 22,230 yuan/mt, ...