China's silicon exports decreased 19% in Oct

Social inventories of silicon metal across Huangpu port, Kunming city and Tianjin port declined 4,000 mt from the previous week to 32,000 mt as of Friday May 28, SMM data showed. Stocks fell sharply in Kunming due to power consumption restrictions in Yunnan, but were stable at Tianjin port. 

Operating rates across Chinese silicon metal producers fell 4.5 percentage points on the month, but up 22% on the year to 49.5% in February, showed an SMM survey.

Huangpu port saw limited arrivals this week, with no shipments departing as the stockyards remained shut

China’s imports of copper concentrate expanded for a second straight month in Nov

China imported 31,231.79 mt of refined zinc in Sep, down 54.01% year on year and 53.83% month on month

China's exports of unwrought aluminium and aluminium products stood at 435,000 mt in Sep

About 24,753.19 mt of nickel was imported into China in the form of FeNi and NPI in Aug

About 97,822 mt of copper was imported to China in the form of copper scrap in Jul

Exports declined 4.1% from a month ago to stand at 55,000 mt in Jul

Exports grew 32.2% from Jun to 5,243.4 mt in Jul