On June 13, at the 2025 SMM (13th) Minor Metal Industry Conference - Rare and Scattered Metals Forum (Indium, Germanium, Gallium, Bismuth, Selenium, Tellurium), hosted by Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. and SMM Information & Technology Co., Ltd., Long Wensheng, General Manager of Changsha Aochang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd., elaborated on "The Current Application Status and Future Prospects of Minor Metal Selenium.

On June 13, at the 2025 SMM (13th) Minor Metal Industry Conference - Rare and Scattered Metals Forum (Indium, Germanium, Gallium, Bismuth, Selenium, Tellurium), hosted by Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. and SMM Information & Technology Co., Ltd., Long Wensheng, General Manager of Changsha Aochang Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd., elaborated on "The Current Application Status and Future Prospects of Minor Metal Selenium.

On June 13, at the 2025 SMM (13th) Minor Metal Industry Conference - Antimony Forum, hosted by Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. and SMM Information & Technology Co., Ltd., Yi Xiaobo, Senior Advisor/Senior Engineer at the National Power and ESS Battery Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, shared insights on "The Fundamentals of Supply and Demand in the Battery Market and the Application and Development of Antimony Metal in Lead-Antimony Alloy Plates for Batteries.

On June 12, at the 2025 SMM (13th) Minor Metal Industry Conference - Main Forum, hosted by Shandong Humon Smelting Co., Ltd. and SMM Information & Technology Co., Ltd., Zhao Wuzhuang, former Deputy Director of the Policy Research Office of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, shared the topic of "Export Controls on Dual-Use Items" with the attendees. He stated that in the past two years, the Chinese government, in accordance with international legal documents such as the conventions on the prohibition of nuclear proliferation and weapons of mass destruction, as well as the management catalog of dual-use items established by these conventions, has introduced measures to strengthen export controls on rare and scattered metals such as indium, germanium, and gallium. As of now, China has implemented export controls on 15 nonferrous metals classified as dual-use items, including four rare and scattered metals (indium, gallium, germanium, and tellurium), four rare metals (tungsten, molybdenum, antimony, and bismuth), and seven rare earth metals (samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium, and yttrium).

According to SMM sources, due to the high consolidation of prices for molybdenum concentrate and upstream raw materials such as ammonium molybdate, downstream molybdenum product processing enterprises in Sichuan, Shandong, Jiangsu, and Jilin have adjusted the sales prices of molybdenum wires and other products.