Shandong Humon Launches Public Tender for 2,000 kg of High-Purity Tellurium Head and Tail Materials

On September 12, 2025, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Energy Administration issued a notice on the "Action Plan for Large-Scale Construction of New-Type Energy Storage (2025–2027)," explicitly listing solid-state batteries as a key technology for development and promoting their large-scale growth through technological breakthroughs, demonstration applications, and standard establishment. The policy aims to achieve large-scale application of semi-solid-state batteries and finalize the technology for all-solid-state batteries by 2027, helping to boost new-type ESS installations to over 180 million kW and drive direct investment of approximately 250 billion yuan.

Forging or purchasing customs clearance documents from other import and export firms refers to an export method where enterprises or individuals without export rights purchase a set of legitimate export declaration documents from import and export companies with operating rights to export goods and declare them to customs

SMM Steel, September 16 - According to SMM statistics, the estimated total resource shipments in mainstream markets this week were 231,500 mt, down 2.73% WoW. By market:

Elmya Energy and Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure have established a joint venture named Elmantic, focused on developing 4 gigawatts of large-scale renewable energy projects across the United States.

A new solar power initiative in Colombia is projected to help low-income households reduce electricity expenses by 20–40%. Established under Decree 0972 of 2025, the “Colombia Solar” program shifts support for strata 1–3 households from recurring state subsidies to self-supply through solar panel installations.