China rare earth magnets production maintained stable growth in 2019

US Treasury Department was considering launching an investigation on imported neodymium magnets widely used in electromechanical products, motors and other industrial products on the grounds of "national security." Imports of neodymium magnets mainly come from China.

Primary lead output in China expanded significantly last month, as some large smelters recovered from maintenance and small and medium-sized smelters reopened after the spread of the coronavirus in the country came under control. China’s output of primary lead increased 11.94% from February to 240,000 mt in March, to produce a year-over-year decline of 7.03%. Output in the first three months of 2020 was 6.13% lower than the same period the year before.

Daily output of crude steel across China Iron and Steel Association member mills averaged 1.92 million mt during Feb 1-10

Output stood at 63.73 million mt in Nov, up 16.1% from Nov 2017, but down 5.9% month on month

China produced 18.57 million mt of rebar in Nov, down 2.9% from Oct but up 10.14% from Nov 2017

Output of copper cathode came in at 768,000 mt in Nov, up 4.3% month on month and 7.6% year on year

Domestic output of tin ingot is likely to stand at 160,000 mt this year, down 3-4% from 2017, expects SMM senior analyst Wu Xiaofeng

China’s daily average crude steel output hit a fresh record high in June amid widespread environmental probes

Scheduled output of rebar across 31 producers is expected to increase 0.9% from Jun, and stand at close to 7 million mt

Hot-rolled steel production across 25 major Chinese steel mills in Jul is expected to increase by 7% in Jul, SMM survey showed