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Vietnam's Hoa Phat sells over 3.8 million t of steel in Q3

Hoa Phat Group (HPG), Vietnam’s leading steel group, saw its sales of major steel products including construction steel, wire rod, hot-rolled coil (HRC) and steel billets reach 3.8 million tonnes in the July-September quarter, up 8% from Q2 and higher by 54% from Q3 2025, according to the latest ann

Oct 15, 2026 21:20
WEEKLY: China's retail steel stocks drop amid post-holiday restocking

Retail stocks of the five major carbon steel items held by the Chinese traders that Mysteel regularly checks declined moderately during October 8-14, the results of Mysteel's latest survey show. The fall was attributed to restocking among end-users after the weeklong National Day holiday over Octobe

Oct 15, 2026 18:10
Beyond lithium's steep drop: Assessing China's lithium market fundamentals

  After a prolonged downtrend, China's domestic lithium carbonate prices have approached the critical support level of Yuan 100,000/tonne. Mysteel's evening assessment pegged battery-grade lithium carbonate at Yuan 107,000/tonne on October 14, 2026, while the LC2701, the most-traded lithium carbonat

Oct 15, 2026 16:22
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Mysteel Survey
Latest updates from Mysteel's market surveys on China's commodity prices, inventories, production, imports/exports, costs, profits, and more.

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Survey: China daily copper scrap price advantage 2026.10.15

Survey: China daily refined-scrap bare bright copper price spread: Guangdong market 2026.10.15

Mysteel Daily Price Express 2026.10.15

Survey: Nickel, Chrome and Stainless Steel Prices 2026.10.15

Survey: China daily lithium carbonate price_afternoon session 2026.10.15

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Survey: China weekly copper cathode inventory 2026.10.15

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Survey: Shandong medium-sulfur calcined petcoke theoretical profit 2026.10.15

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Survey: China LNG production and apparent consumption 2026.10.16

Survey: China modified bitumen operating rate 2026.10.14

Survey: China bitumen production 2026.10.14