Base metals saw broad declines on both SHFE and LME, with tin leading the losses, down over 5%. Aluminum, lead, and zinc also fell significantly. Meanwhile, crude oil prices extended gains ...

Rebar futures closed 1.77% lower, dragging down spot prices by 10-20 yuan/mt in most regions. Supply shortages and limited production enthusiasm due to cost pressures may limit further price drops.

During the National Day holiday, international silver rose initially but then fell back, ending down about 1.1% overall. A surprisingly weak nonfarm payrolls report briefly cooled expectations ...

Ex-China stainless steel costs and prices went separate ways. Indonesian NPI fell 8.2%, but SMM estimates 304 HRC costs fell only 1.7%, with margins swinging between 4.7% and ...

Co., Ltd. will attend the 2026 SMM Lead & Zinc Annual Conference to discuss industry trends and opportunities in the ...

Shanghai Chucheng International Trade Co., Ltd. will participate in the 2026 Shanghai Metals Week (SME) hosted by SMM from ...

On September 30, ferrous metals futures ended the session on a weak note. During the National Day holiday, the ferrous metals complex was broadly soft, with sluggish trading. In iron ore, ...

On October 8, Yangshan spot copper prices rose with limited supply after the holiday. Warrant and B/L prices increased by $6/mt, while EQ copper (CIF B/L) rose by $2/mt. Despite an ...

SMM Shanghai spot copper] Looking ahead to tomorrow, SHFE copper surged in early trading, with end-users and downstream processing enterprises showing further reduced acceptance of the ...

Zimbabwe's chrome and ferrochrome sales generated about US$221.8 million in export earnings in the first half of 2026, according to Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) figures ...

SMM Titanium Flash] The UK Trade Remedies Authority has published an initial recommendation for a five-year mixed anti-dumping duty on Chinese rutile titanium dioxide. Proposed rates are ...

SMM Copper Anode Market] Affected by the National Day holiday, the SMM weekly operating rate of secondary anode plate enterprises in China fell 5.17 percentage points WoW to 46.43% during Oct.