Southwest China Zinc Mine Resumes Production, Output to Recover in July

[SMM Flash] In H1, national land transaction floor area reached 210 million m², down 22% YoY, hitting a new low for the first half of the year; first-tier and second-tier cities fell 18% and 39% YoY, respectively. The average premium rate in June was 13.7%, the first time exceeding 10% in nearly a year. The transaction value of the top 3 cities fell over 50% YoY. Land auction heat in core cities climbed month by month, and the pattern of central and state-owned enterprises dominating land acquisition continued.

[SMM Flash] CCTV News: The world's first and largest single-unit capacity tension leg floating wind power platform, "Haiyou Anlan", departed from Zhuhai Gaolan Port on June 27, heading to the sea area of the Lufeng Oilfields in eastern Guangdong. The platform has a total height of over 307 meters and a total weight of nearly 8,000 mt. After operation, it will generate an annual average of 54 million kWh, reduce carbon emissions by about 35,000 mt, and save approximately 15,000 m³ of fuel oil, marking China's transition of deep-sea floating wind power from demonstration to scale and commercialization, and pioneering a new path for collaborative carbon reduction with "deep-sea wind power + oilfield development".

[Covering Seven Major Production Regions! SMM Launches Daily Provincial Profit Indicator for Zinc Smelting Using 40% Imported Ore] In May 2026, SMM added daily profit models for domestic ore in the eight major zinc smelting regions of Inner Mongolia, Henan, Gansu, Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Shaanxi, and Sichuan for market reference. ...