[SMM Iron & Steel] ASEAN Steel Capacity Forecasted to Surge to 147 Million Tonnes

In recent years, the PV industry has entered a period of deep adjustment, with module prices continuing to decline, and both upstream and downstream segments of the industry chain facing severe profit compression. Driven by the imperative of "extreme cost reduction," PV glass, a key auxiliary material for PV modules, has imposed increasingly stringent requirements on the cost and quality of upstream raw materials.

Post-holiday, the domestic manganese ore market at northern and southern ports showed divergent trends. By port: Transaction prices for manganese ore at Tianjin Port remained firm, with stable market operations; Qinzhou Port, however, performed sluggishly, with few inquiries and overall sluggish transactions.