LME Lead Inventory Destocking, LME Lead Hit a New High for Nearly One and a Half Months Again] SMM April 21: Overnight, LME lead opened at $1,958/mt. The US dollar index pulled back after surging ...

April 21, 2026, Italy's Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (MASE) has announced a 30 MW allocation for floating photovoltaic systems on inlan ...

April 21, 2026, IRENA’s Renewable Capacity Statistics 2026 report indicates that the Philippines installed 899 MW of solar in 2025, bringing the cumul ...

April 21, 2026, the Philippines continues to scale its solar infrastructure with several major projects. The 197 MW Citicore Solar Batangas 1 project, ...

SMM Morning Meeting Summary: Overnight, LME copper opened at $13,237/mt, touched a low of $13,213/mt early in the session before the center fluctuated upward, reached a high of $13,330/mt and then ...

SMM Express] China's mainstream consumption areas saw secondary aluminum alloy ingot inventory increase by 297 mt from the previous day, with invento ...

Rio Tinto released its Q1 production and sales report: Production: Pilbara iron ore production in Q1 was 78.8 million mt, ...

Uncertain Prospects for US-Iran Negotiations, LME Zinc Center Shifted Slightly Lower]: Overnight, LME zinc opened at $3,415/mt. Early in the session, LME zinc dipped to $3,396/mt before quickly ...

First Quantum Minerals' country head in Zambia said that Zambia's own sulphuric acid inventory had been severely depleted, leaving virtually no export capacity. Meanwhile, miners in neighboring DRC ...

Overnight, the overseas market mostly rose, with only LME copper and LME zinc falling together. LME copper fell 0.78% and LME zinc fell 0.44%. LME nickel led the gains at 1.39%, LME tin rose 0.92%, ...

By contrast, parts of eastern Congo are better known for gold, tin, tantalum, and tungsten, with operators including Barrick, ...

Wu Zijie, an analyst at Shenzhen Jinrui Futures, stated that "explosive imports will certainly not continue," and future ...