Below is the brief near-term outlook for five key steel products Mysteel shares on a weekly basis, drawing upon the results of related surveys and communication with Chinese market participants.

China's major coal mining groups mostly reported on-year slumps in their net profits for the first quarter of this year, primarily due to the persistent decline in coal selling prices during the period, according to their respective quarterly reports released recently.

The total lithium carbonate inventory held by the smelters, downstream players, and traders showed a weekly increase of 0.60%. The downstream players, mainly cathode active material factories, reported rising inventory as they kept purchasing on demand and building stocks ahead of the Labor Day holi