SHANGHAI, May 24 (SMM) - According to customs data, China's aluminium plate/sheet and strip exports were 329,000 mt in April, an increase of 1% month-on-month and 52% year-on-year.

SHANGHAI, May 24 (SMM) - SMM data showed that a total of 85 ships arrived at major ports in China during May 16-22, carrying 12.92 million mt of iron ore, up 2.05 million mt on a weekly basis and up 739,000 mt from a year ago.

SHANGHAI, May 24 (SMM) - According to the latest customs data released by the General Administration of Customs, in April 2022, China’s refined zinc imports were 1,500 mt down 92.8% month-on-month and 96.23% year-on-year.

SHFE aluminium prices remain rangebound. In the early trading today, SHFE aluminium rose and ended the two-day continuous decline, closing up by 0.76% to 26,560 yuan/mt.

SHANGHAI, May 20 (SMM) - According to customs data, China’s import volume of unwrought aluminium alloys in April 2022 was 106,000 mt, a year-on-year increase of 19.2% and a month-on-month decrease of 12.1%.

SHANGHAI, May 19 (SMM) - According to the Cobalt Market Report released by the Cobalt Institute on May 17, electric vehicles have surpassed smartphones and personal computers to become the largest source of cobalt demand for the first time.

SHANGHAI, May 10 (SMM) – China’s iron ore imports stood at 87.28 million mt in March, down 14.5% year-on-year, but up 7.4% month-on-month.

Yangshan copper premiums stood at $13-35/mt under warrants today. The average price was $24/mt, flat from the previous trading day.

SHANGHAI, Apr 22 (SMM) - According to customs data, in the first quarter of 2022, China imported 529,000 mt of lithium concentrate, of which about 502,000 mt were imported from Australia, accounting for about 95%.

According to China General Administration of Customs, in the first quarter of 2022, China's magnesium ingot exports totalled 69,182.65 mt, an increase of 17.11% over the same period last year. In March, China's magnesium ingot exports were 27,549.49 mt, up 17.32% YoY, of which exports to the Netherlands accounted for 33% of the total, Canada 9%, the United Arab Emirates 7%, Japan 6% and India 6%.