At present, spot profits for both hover near break-even within a narrow range, and sector profitability has notably declined. On one side, raw material costs have been resilient, underpinning finished ...

Copper prices edged lower on Wednesday as investors remained cautious ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's interest rate ...

as of midday close, domestic base metals showed mixed performance. SHFE copper fell 0.27%, SHFE aluminum gained 0.88%. SHFE lead rose 0.38%. SHFE zinc declined 0.28%. SHFE tin advanced 0.44%. SHFE ...

Stock market: As of 14:21 on July 29, the precious metals sector gained 2.25%. Individual stocks: Western Gold surged over 5%, while Shengda Resources, Xingye Silver&Tin, Shandong Humon Smelting, ...

From the historical profit trend of cold-rolled and hot-rolled steel, the spot profit of cold-rolled products was higher than that of blast furnace HRC in most cycles. However, from the end of 2025 to ...

As of July 11, 2026, the direct reduced iron (DRI) plant of Jindal Steel Oman in Sohar operated continuously for 188 days without any unplanned downtime. Its 6.5‑meter shaft furnace set a monthly ...

Plate/HRC] Today HRC and other flat-product export prices edged up USD 1/tonne day on day, with HRC transaction prices at 485-489 USD/tonne. Overseas ...

Zijin Gold's planned US$4 billion acquisition of Allied Gold has been terminated after the companies agreed to let the July 29 deadline expire, citing ...

US oil and gas producer Devon Energy is reportedly considering the sale of its Eagle Ford and Powder River shale assets in a deal that could be worth ...

Indonesia's Forum Industri Nikel Indonesia (FINI) said exports of processed mineral products, including nickel and bauxite, have been allowed to resum ...

Nickel Industries reported a 4% year-on-year increase in nickel ore production to 4.13 million wmt during the quarter despite an eight-day mining susp ...

Midea Group stated on its interactive platform that, affected by the ongoing extreme heat in Europe, local air conditioner demand has surged, and Mide ...