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Home / Metal News / Did Strong Earthquake in Xinjiang Impact Local Aluminum Plants and Lead-Zinc Mines? SMM Reports

Did Strong Earthquake in Xinjiang Impact Local Aluminum Plants and Lead-Zinc Mines? SMM Reports

Aug 9, 2017 10:41

Source:SMM

A 6.6-magnitue earthquake shocked Jinghe County, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang at 07:27 am August 9.

SHANGHAHI, Aug. 9 (SMM) - A 6.6-magnitue earthquake shocked Jinghe County, Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang at 07:27 am August 9.

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But local aluminum plants and lead-zinc mines are not affected by the earthquake so far, SMM understands.

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This is a roundup of China's metals weekly inventory as of February 18.

Feb 18, 2022 20:00

Analysis

China Weekly Inventory Summary and Data Wrap (Feb 18)

SMM Morning Comments (Feb 18): SHFE Base Metals Mostly Edged Up Overnight on Lower Inventories

Shanghai base metals mostly closed with gains overnight on lower inventories. Their counterparts on LME closed mixed on Thursday.

Feb 18, 2022 10:28

SMM Comments

SMM Morning Comments (Feb 18): SHFE Base Metals Mostly Edged Up Overnight on Lower Inventories

SMM Morning Comments (Feb 14): Base Metals Mostly Closed with Losses on Friday Night under High Inflation Pressures

Shanghai base metals mostly closed with losses in the overnight trading last Friday as the US inflation hit a nearly 40-year high. LME metals performed similarly.

Feb 14, 2022 10:07

SMM Comments

SMM Morning Comments (Feb 14): Base Metals Mostly Closed with Losses on Friday Night under High Inflation Pressures

SMM Morning Comments (Feb 10): Base Metals Closed with Gains as Market Awaits US CPI

Shanghai and LME metals all closed in the positive territory as the market awaits the US CPI, which is expected to record the fastest growth in 40 years.

Feb 10, 2022 10:00

SMM Comments

SMM Morning Comments (Feb 10): Base Metals Closed with Gains as Market Awaits US CPI

[SMM Review] Lead Prices Are Expected to Rally

LME lead prices dropped during the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday. As of February 4, LME lead closed at $2210.5/mt, down $39.5/mt or 1.76% on a weekly basis.

Feb 7, 2022 13:41

SMM Insight

[SMM Review] Lead Prices Are Expected to Rally

SMM Morning Comments (Jan 21): Base Metals Rose across the Board on High US Jobless Claims

Shanghai base metals mostly closed with gains overnight on unexpectedly high US jobless claims. LME base metals all rose on Thursday.

Jan 21, 2022 09:59

SMM Comments

SMM Morning Comments (Jan 21): Base Metals Rose across the Board on High US Jobless Claims

SMM Evening Comments (Dec 22): Shanghai Nonferrous Metals Mostly Closed with Gains amid Rising Oil Prices

Shanghai nonferrous metals mostly closed in the positive territory amid rising international crude prices after it is reported that API crude stock dropped 2.86 million mt barrels from the previous session.

Dec 22, 2021 19:00

SMM Comments

SMM Evening Comments (Dec 22): Shanghai Nonferrous Metals Mostly Closed with Gains amid Rising Oil Prices

SMM Morning Comments (Nov 2): Shanghai Base Metals Closed Mixed with Tin Prices Rebounding Sharply

Nonferrous metals prices closed mixed overnight. Tin prices rebounded amid the disruptions to the supply side and low inventory. Other base metals moved rangebound.

Nov 2, 2021 10:01

SMM Comments

SMM Morning Comments (Nov 2): Shanghai Base Metals Closed Mixed with Tin Prices Rebounding Sharply

SMM Evening Comments (Nov 1): Shanghai Nonferrous Metals Closed with Mixed Performance amid Less-than-expected China Manufacturing PMI

Shanghai nonferrous metals were under pressure today and closed with mixed performance as the latest reading of China manufacturing PMI for October was still in the contraction range.

Nov 1, 2021 19:00

SMM Comments

SMM Evening Comments (Nov 1): Shanghai Nonferrous Metals Closed with Mixed Performance amid Less-than-expected China Manufacturing PMI

SMM Morning Comments (Oct 29): Base Metals Generally Rose on Plunging US Dollar Index

Shanghai base metals basically cruised higher on Friday morning after US dollar index hit a one-month low. Meanwhile, their counterparts on LME all went up.

Oct 29, 2021 10:00

SMM Comments

SMM Morning Comments (Oct 29): Base Metals Generally Rose on Plunging US Dollar Index

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