On June 13, at the 2025 SMM (13th) Minor Metal Industry Conference - Antimony Forum, hosted by Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. and SMM Information & Technology Co., Ltd., Yi Xiaobo, Senior Advisor/Senior Engineer at the National Power and ESS Battery Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, shared insights on "The Fundamentals of Supply and Demand in the Battery Market and the Application and Development of Antimony Metal in Lead-Antimony Alloy Plates for Batteries.

On June 12, at the 2025 SMM (13th) Minor Metal Industry Conference - Main Forum, hosted by Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. and SMM Information & Technology Co., Ltd., Zhao Wuzhuang, former Deputy Director of the Policy Research Office of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, shared the topic of "Export Controls on Dual-Use Items" with the attendees. He stated that in the past two years, the Chinese government, in accordance with international legal documents such as the conventions on the prohibition of nuclear proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, as well as the management catalog of dual-use items established by these conventions, has introduced measures to strengthen export controls on rare and scattered metals such as indium, germanium, and gallium. As of now, China has implemented export controls on 15 nonferrous metals classified as dual-use items, including four rare and scattered metals (indium, gallium, germanium, and tellurium), four rare metals (tungsten, molybdenum, antimony, and bismuth), and seven rare earth metals (samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium, and yttrium).

SMM May 26 News: According to SMM, Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. has launched an open tender for the sale of approximately 64 mt of antimony trioxide starting today.