Shanghai nonferrous metals closed mixed in day trading.

Iron ore price changes across China last week: Tangshan city, Hebei province: up 5-10 yuan/mt in Qian'an city and Qianxi county; West Liaoning: up 15-20 yuan/mt in Chaoyang city, Beipiao city and Jianping county; East China: up 5-10 yuan/mt.

Shanghai nonferrous metals closed mostly with losses in day trading.

In May, the market players will still take a wait-and-see approach.

It is expected that in May, lithium carbonate prices will bounce back.

The average monthly price of battery-grade lithium carbonate was 192,895 yuan/mt in April, down 39% month-on-month, and the suppliers were reluctant to ship cargoes in late April amid the increasing speculative sentiment.

The operating rates of copper rod plants using copper scrap were 52.09% between May 8 and May 12, a surge of 9.38 percentage points from a week earlier, according to SMM survey of 15 plants with a capacity of 1.48 million mt/year). During Labour Day holidays, some copper rod plants using copper scrap as raw materials were forced to shut down due to the difficulty of purchasing raw materials. But they did not suspend purchasing raw materials during and after the holidays. Adequate raw materials enabled these plants to resume production last week, growing the average operating rate.

SHANGHAI, May 15 (SMM) - Transactions remained thin in nickel sulphate market as ternary precursor plants still restocked only as needed.

SHANGHAI, May 15 (SMM) - The prices of lithium carbonate extended gains last week.

The dysprosium oxide prices ballooned.