China’s magnesium ingot output shrank 14% in April

According to the customs, China exported 24,329.4 mt of magnesium ingots in October, an increase of 43.8% MoM and 58.5% YoY; and the cumulative exports from January to October totalled 214,000 mt, an increase of 31.4% YoY.

The output of copper cathode in September stood at 802,900 mt in September, down 2% on the month and up 0.4% on the year.

It is understood from the factories in the main magnesium ingot production area that the majority of the large factories have basically resumed production, except for some factories that have not yet fulfilled the requirement due to their own environmental protection reasons.

This is a roundup of China's metals output in May 2021, from an exclusive survey of key producers by SMM analysts.

China's magnesium ingot output stood at 694,000 mt in May, down 3,000 mt or 4.11% month on month. The output totalled 321,200 mt from January to May.

An SMM survey showed that China produced 821,800 mt of copper cathode in February, rising 2.89% from January and 20.31% from a year ago, as some copper smelters recovered from maintenance.

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.

Prices of magnesium ingot edged lower last week as more than half of downstream producers remained shut on some existing curbs for operation resumption. But the downside room in prices will be capped

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