SMM Forecast for China LCO Output in March 2023

China produced 93,776 mt of iron phosphate in November, down 2% from November.

SHANGHAI, Oct 9 (SMM) - Alcoa's Spanish unit San Ciprián alumina refinery said on September 29 that it has been running at roughly half of its capacity, starting from October 1, due to losses caused by high natural gas costs.

SHANGHAI, Sep 30 (SMM) - According to SMM survey on the domestic major aluminium processing enterprises, their operating rates will vary during the National Day holiday, depending on their orders.

SHANGHAI, Sep 7 (SMM) – According to SMM survey, the average operating rate of blast furnaces of steel mills rose 0.15 percentage point from a week ago to 94.5% as of September 7.

SHANGHAI, Sep 5 (SMM) - Chile's Cochilco said last Friday that Codelco's copper production fell 6.5% to 128,000 mt in July.

According to the report released by the National Bureau of Statistics, China's zinc output in July stood at 522,000 mt, down 7.1% month-on-month.

The production increment of LFP power battery constantly outperforms ternary power battery

SHANGHAI, Aug 17 (SMM) - On August 15, the Sichuan Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology and the State Grid Sichuan Electric Power Company jointly issued the Emergency Notice on Expanding the Scope of Cutting Off Electricity Supply to Industrial Enterprises in Favour of Residents.

SHANGHAI, Aug 8 (SMM) – On August 5, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the Operations of Nickel-Cobalt-Lithium Industry in the First Half of 2022 as follows:

According to the statistics the Zambia Chamber of Mines released on August 2, Zambia's copper production fell 7.4% year-on-year in the first half of 2022 to 364,089 mt.