Alba Reports Record Q4 2025 Profit of $289M, Annual Production Hits All-Time High Despite Fire Incident

According to data released by the Indonesian Ministry of Trade, tin ingot exports in January 2026 fell 47% to 2,653.7 mt. 1) Imports from China surged to 1,775.0 mt in January, up 162% MoM, accounting for 67% of the total. 2) However, major export destinations from the previous quarter saw significant declines: exports to Singapore dropped sharply to 170.4 mt from 1,399.5 mt in December last year, down 88% MoM; exports to South Korea fell to 384.0 mt from 902.5 mt, a 57% MoM decrease.

Broadcom (AVGO.O) Vice President of Product Marketing Harish Baladwaj said on Wednesday that based on its stacking design, the company is expected to sell at least 1 million chips by 2027. This forecast marks the launch of a new product by Broadcom and sets a new sales target, which could potentially bring in revenue sources worth billions of US dollars. These chips are manufactured based on a technology developed by Broadcom, which stacks two chips together, enabling different silicon dies to be closely connected, thereby increasing the speed of data transmission from one chip to another. Baladwaj stated that the company's stacking technology allows clients to produce chips with higher performance and lower energy consumption, meeting the rapidly growing computational demands driven by artificial intelligence software.

International Data Corporation (IDC) stated that due to the shortage of memory chips, the global smartphone market will shrink by 12.9% in 2026, which will be an "unprecedented crisis." IDC currently forecasts global smartphone shipments of approximately 1.1 billion units in 2026, down from 1.26 billion units the previous year, erasing years of steady growth. To cope with rising component costs, smartphone manufacturers are cutting specifications, discontinuing entry-level models, and guiding consumers toward higher-end devices. Nabila Popal, Senior Research Director at IDC, said, "We expect the situation will not ease until at least mid-2027.