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Indonesia’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) recently further revised the benchmark price (HPM) formula for nickel ore, under Kepmen ESDM No.3...
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Recently, news of tightening lithium battery copper foil supply has drawn attention from the industry and capital markets. Some worry that tight copper foil ...
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[Zinc inventory falls from 270,000 mt to 213,500 mt: Who is driving this round of destocking?] Since late August, China's visible social inventory of refined...
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo's cobalt exports are gradually recovering, according to the country's mining report for the first half of 2026. The conc...
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