Today's news: us "small non-farm" ADP employment hit a 10-year low in May * the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will issue four 5G business licences today.

Published: Jun 6, 2019 09:25

Macro information

The heads of state of China and Russia signed two joint statements

[important signal] US "small non-farm" ADP employment hit a 10-year low in US dollar employment in May.

Mexican peso and US stock futures flashed media said the United States and Mexico did not agree on tariffs on Wednesday.

Fed Brown Book: moderate growth of the US economy as a whole but poor agricultural performance

From 2 percentage points to 3 percentage points, the State Council relaxed the tolerance of non-performing loans for small and micro enterprises.

Metal news

Interpretation of SMM: further easing of zinc mine supply in two mines of Xingye Mining Co., Ltd.

[SMM News] the co-production of primary lead maintenance and resumption of production in June may be affected.

[SMM Analysis] LME nickel stocks are at their biggest increase in a year. Weak nickel prices are overburdened.?

[SMM analysis] the price of cobalt sulfate reduced by cobalt sulfate in a leading cobalt smelter in eastern China may hit bottom in a short time.

The Zambian president is determined to close the Vedanta subsidiary and carry out tax reform to the end

Reform Commission: great progress has been made in the establishment of rare earth enterprise groups in China

The only rare earth recycling company outside China will be born and own Quebec's largest bastnaesite rare earth mine

Jupiter Mining: manganese production fell 5.2 per cent month-on-month in fiscal 2019, sales increased 5.3 per cent month-on-month

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The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issues 5G business licenses to the three major domestic telecom operators, followed by China Radio and Television.

The restriction on the ratio of Foreign Capital stocks in Securities and Futures Industry is gradually "loosened" to accelerate the survival of the fittest in the industry

Abolishing subsidies has become a life-and-death robbery for new energy vehicle enterprises

The largest hydrogenation station in the world "falls in Shanghai" Shanghai accelerates the layout of fuel cells

"[investment must see] Trade friction news flying all over the metal how to win in chaos?

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