China’s steel product imports grow, exports shrink in Apr

China's automobile production and sales were 2.04 million units and 2.13 million units, down 8.7% and 5.5% month on month respectively, and falling 6.8% and 3.1% year on year.

A water inrush accident occurred at the Dahongcai iron ore mine in Daixian County, Shanxi Province on June 10, leaving 13 people trapped, according to preliminary estimate.

Operating rates of blast furnaces at steel mills fell 1.2 percentage points from a week ago and decreased 0.9 percentage point from a month ago to 85.7% as of May 27, SMM survey showed.

According to the SMM survey that covers 102 blast furnace steel mills, 42.2% of them are undertaking maintenance or have trimmed output (excluding mills that reduced output by adjusting rates of equipment utilisation and raw material ratios), down from a ratio of 50% last week, as some long steel mills have recovered production from maintenance.

China's major lithium compounds producer Tianqi Lithium was the top importer of spodumene concentrate in Sep

Exports of refined manganese, which contain unwrought manganese, scrap, and powder, were up 23.07% from Aug

Domestic prices of spot spodumene concentrate are expected to move lower with prices of lithium salts given high inventories

But it grew 8% from August 2018

SMM estimates that 75 vessels carrying 10.85 million mt of iron ore arrived at major Chinese ports during Sep 1-7

Exports from the world's biggest tin exporter stood at 5,518.62 mt in Aug