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[SMM Silver Weekly Review: Silver Prices Consolidate at Lows After Post-Holiday Catch-Up Decline as Weak Nonfarm Payrolls Clash with Hawkish Fed Minutes] On the first trading day after the holiday, silver prices played catch-up to the downside. The most-traded SHFE silver contract fell 2.16% to 14,605 yuan/kg, while COMEX silver broke below $60. The US Fed's September minutes leaned hawkish, the dollar broke above 102, and US Treasury yields hit multi-year highs, continuing to pressure prices. However, the surprisingly weak nonfarm payrolls data marginally cooled rate hike expectations, while central bank gold purchases and ETF inflows provided mid-term support. Spot inquiry activity improved, with transactions leaning toward parity. In the short term, prices are likely to consolidate at lows as the market repairs, with attention on CPI data and US Fed speeches for guidance.

On September 29, the Guizhou Provincial Energy Bureau issued construction plans for 20 wind and PV power generation projects, including the Nayong County Yangchang Yonghe Wind Farm, with a total installed capacity of 1.43 million kW. Among them, there is one PV project, the Nayong County Zhailuo Miaoqing PV Power Station, with an installed capacity of 100,000 kW, and 19 wind power projects with a combined installed capacity of 1.33 million kW. The notice requires that wind power projects complete approval before March 29, 2028, and PV power generation projects complete filing before September 29, 2027. Projects that fail to complete approval or filing by the deadline will have their annual construction plan quotas revoked.