Shanghai-bonded copper stocks continue declines

This week, the SMM survey covered the production and sales conditions of major domestic medium and large copper rod makers. The overall operating rate was 80.92%, up 6.03 percentage points MoM, exceeding the expected value by 1.11 percentage points, and up 11.59 percentage points YoY. (Surveyed enterprises: 21, capacity: 7.83 million mt). The specific situation is as follows...

Social inventories of silicon metal across Huangpu port, Kunming city and Tianjin port expanded 2,000 mt from the previous week to 42,000 mt as of Friday July 30.

SMM data showed that China’s social inventories of aluminium across eight consumption areas fell 26,000 mt on the week to 832,000 mt as of June 24, mainly due to the decline in Wuxi and Hainan.

SMM data showed that social inventories of refined zinc ingots across Shanghai, Tianjin, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong and Hebei increased 1,700 mt from last Friday July 9 to 122,000 mt as of Monday July 12. The stocks were up 6,200 mt from July 5.

SMM data showed that the stocks rose 4,200 mt from the prior week to 439,800 mt as of Friday July 9.

This is a roundup of China's metals weekly inventory as of July 9.

SHFE nonferrous metals broadly rose for the most part on Wednesday June 23 with investors awaiting key Purchasing Managers' Indexes from the euro zone.

SHFE nonferrous metals broadly closed higher across the board on Tuesday June 22, triggered by the Fed's updated inflation projections and a shortening of its interest rate hike schedule.

SHFE nonferrous metals broadly fell on Monday June 21, following jitters in global markets over the more hawkish tone from the US Federal Reserve last week.

LME base metals closed mixed in the overnight trading last Friday, as the expanding inflation and rising US dollar weighed on the market, but short supply still supported the prices. SHFE metals basically went down.