Post-Holiday SS Futures Retreat After Rapid Rise, Weak Stainless Steel Fundamentals Constrain Market Trends] SMM October 10: SS futures showed a trend of falling back. Driven by the overall weakness ...

Next week, key macro data releases include China's September CPI year-on-year, the US September seasonally unadjusted CPI year-on-year, and US September retail sales month-on-month. Meanwhile, the US ...

In the first week after the holiday, stainless steel spot prices rose slightly, but production costs pulled back, narrowing losses for stainless steel mills. Taking 304 cold-rolled products as an ...

Daily average hot metal production fluctuated rangebound, having limited impact on iron ore prices. Recently, the main focus is on the impact of end-use demand and macro news on futures. Data Source ...

Iron Ore Concentrate Prices in West Liaoning May Continue to Rise] Iron ore concentrate prices in west Liaoning have remained relatively stable after the holiday. The current ex-factory price for 66% ...

SMM Daily Coal and Coke Briefing] Supply side, following the successful implementation of the first coke price increase, coke producers' profits have improved somewhat, and most have slowed the pace ...

SMM, October 9 - The total inventory of stainless steel in the major markets of Wuxi and Foshan showed a destocking trend, decreasing from 909,000 mt on September 25, 2025, to 905,600 mt on October 9, ...

Nickel market experienced significant volatility this week. Prices initially strengthened due to disruptions in Indonesian mining policies, with the most-traded SHFE nickel contract rising to around ...

Overseas, at the beginning of the week, LME zinc briefly continued its rising trend, influenced by the US dollar index pulling back as ISM data fell below expectations. Later, boosted by the strong ...

Fundamental and Macro Factors Resonate with Mixed Changes in SHFE and LME Zinc Prices] At the beginning of the week, influenced by the previous week's ISM data falling below expectations and a decline ...

The SM2601 contract opened at 5,776 yuan/mt and closed at 5,760 yuan/mt, up 0.07%, with the highest price at 5,788 yuan/mt and the lowest price at 5,742 yuan/mt. The trading volume was 125,982 lots, ...

Lithium Battery Entire Industry Chain Enters Peak Season in September, End-Use Demand Expected to Continue Increasing] SMM October 10: In September, China's monthly lithium carbonate production ...