[video report of lead-Zinc Summit] Review of SMM:2017 lead City and Prospect of 2018

China's refined zinc output stood at 458,400 mt in February, down 59,200 mt or 11.43% MoM and 2.72% YoY.

China produced 2.95 million mt of aluminium in February (28 days), down 2.35% on the year. The daily output averaged 105,000 mt, up 1,900 mt/day on the month.

Domestic copper cathode output in February stood at 835,700 mt, up 2.1% month-on-month (MoM) and 1.7% year-on-year (YoY).

China’s output of praseodymium-neodymium (PrNd) oxide in February 2022 stood at 6,094 mt, down 2.5% from a year earlier with ion-absorbed iron separation companies in Sichuang, Jiangus, Guangdong and Guangxi contributing most of the increment, while those in Jiangxi saw output cuts.

The spot supply was relatively tight in the stainless steel market.

The crude steel output across key steel mills in China stood at 18.90 million mt during mid-December, according to the China Iron and Steel Association (CISA).

China’s copper cathode output stood at 825,900 mt in November, up 4.6% month on month and 0.5% year on year

DMCI Holdings Inc said on Wednesday that its Berong nickel mine in the Philippines is expected to run out of resources before the end of the year, and the mine will be decommissioned and repaired.

The silicon metals prices skyrocketed in September and started to fall after the National Day holiday in October. The prices of oxygen-free 553# silicon basically lost all the gains in September, and the prices of high-grade silicon was relatively firm.

According to SMM survey, the domestic stainless steel output totalled 2.22 million mt in September, a drop of 590,000 mt or 20.97% month on month, and down 19.75% year on year.