Today's news: the impact of the epidemic on zinc external demand is expected to shrink sharply * short-term aluminum prices plummeted waste aluminum supply shortage * U. S. stock index melted at the beginning of trading

Published: Mar 23, 2020 09:00

Macro information

Fears of recession exacerbate U. S. Stock Index Futures hit the limit

Us Treasury Secretary reveals some details of stimulus package expected to provide $4 trillion in liquidity

Senior Fed officials expect GDP to tumble 50% or 30% in the second quarter

Metal news

What is the impact of the collapse in copper prices? [interview with SMM] what is the impact of copper companies after the collapse in copper prices?

The fluctuation of spot spread of Guangdong Aluminium Ingot is aggravated by the fall of Aluminium Price and inventory increase [SMM Analysis]

[SMM analysis] short-term aluminum prices plummeted waste aluminum supply shortage of native ADC12 can be popular?

[SMM analysis] the impact of the epidemic on external demand for zinc is expected to shrink significantly

[SMM Hot Rolling Weekly] Macro-uncertainty disturbances Hot coil prices are expected to fluctuate weakly next week

[SMM Thread Weekly carding] supply pick up one step ahead of demand, spot price probability continues to be weak

[SMM analysis] the rare earth market is weak in the short term and may pick up for a long time.

BHP restricts contractor employees from entering Chilean copper mine for 15 days

Gold WGC: dragged down by other assets but safe haven demand will continue to support

Chilean mining enterprises take a variety of measures to deal with the epidemic

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Today's news: the impact of the epidemic on zinc external demand is expected to shrink sharply * short-term aluminum prices plummeted waste aluminum supply shortage * U. S. stock index melted at the beginning of trading - Shanghai Metals Market (SMM)