China produced 78,454 mt of antimony ingot in 2019

We are rapidly tiring of the hype of the Circular Economy. This EU buzzword has started to get a life of its own and becomes more annoying as it is touted by more and more apparatchiks who have zero knowledge of how the metals and minerals industries actually work. Beyond industry-specific knowledge (i.e. mining) that they lack, they are totally divorced from the reality that many metals/minerals are not recyclable in whole or part from many of their applications.

China’s production of antimony oxide is expected to fall sharply this year due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, according to SMM’s senior minor metals analyst Paton Huang.

Planned maintenance at Yunnan Tin was postponed to Aug

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

China produced some 2.23 million mt of stainless steel in Oct, up 1.94% from Sep and up 8.62% from a year ago

In Oct, China's nickel output gained 21% from Sep as two producers recovered from maintenance

In Sep, the province produced some 1.98 million mt of crude steel, up 10.61% from a year ago