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The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) on September 17 local time announced a preliminary affirmative anti-dumping (AD) determination on tin mill products from China, setting a dumping margin of 136.52% for Chinese exporters and producers.
According to Mysteel's calculations, China's weighted average full cost of aluminum in August 2026 stood at Yuan 15,661/tonne, down Yuan 99/tonne month on month, while average spot aluminum ingot price reached Yuan 23,869/tonne, yielding a theoretical industry profit of Yuan 8,208/tonne, up Yuan 869
China's production of semi-finished copper products fell to around 1.97 million tonnes in August, down 8.2% from the same month last year, according to new data released by the National Bureau of Statistics.
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