Macro and Supply Side Dominate the Market, SHFE Aluminum to Fluctuate at Highs in the Short Term] On the night of November 3, the most-traded SHFE aluminum contract opened lower, fluctuated higher, ...

Cast Aluminum Most-Traded Contract Fluctuates at Highs Above 21,000 yuan/mt, Focus on Breakthrough of Previous High and Downstream Order Performance] On Monday, the SMM ADC12 price rose by 100 yuan/mt ...

Spot market trading was sluggish. Tin prices fluctuated slightly downward during the night session. [SMM Tin Morning Brief] Futures: The most-traded SHFE tin contract (SN2512) fluctuated slightly ...

LME copper opened at $10,857.5/mt overnight on Friday, with prices initially rising to a high of $10,948/mt before fluctuating downward to a low of $10,834.5/mt, then fluctuating upward to close at ...

LME Inventory Declines Again, LME Zinc Fluctuates Upward] Overnight, the LME zinc contract recorded a large bullish candlestick, supported by various moving averages below, with the KDJ gap expanding ...

SMM Zinc Morning Comment] Overnight, SHFE zinc recorded a three-day winning streak, with the center of the daily candlestick moving higher and the MACD bullish candlestick expanding. Boosted by ...

By the end of October 2025, domestic operating aluminum capacity remained at 44.05 million mt, with the lowest full cost at about 13,230 yuan/mt and the highest full cost at about 19,477 yuan/mt. If ...

Fugu Magnesium Ingot Offers Increased, Trading Remains Thin Awaiting Volume] Today, magnesium ingot ex-factory offers in the Fugu area increased slightly by 50 yuan/mt to 16,100-16,200 yuan/mt, while ...

SHFE copper contract 2512 settled at 87,300 yuan/mt. Based on the BC copper 2512 contract price of 77,730 yuan/mt, its post-tax price is 87,835 yuan/mt, resulting in a price spread of -535 yuan/mt ...

Ferrochrome Shipments Were Difficult and in the Doldrums, Chrome Ore Supply Increased and Confidence Was Insufficient] November 3, 2025: The ex-factory price of high-carbon ferrochrome in Inner ...

The SM2601 contract opened at 5,778 yuan/mt and closed at 5,794 yuan/mt, up 0.03%, with the highest price at 5,822 yuan/mt and the lowest at 5,754 yuan/mt. Trading volume was 161,400 lots, and open ...

The tight situation in the blister copper market eased in October in China, and SMM expects the market to gradually loosen entering ...