China's export prices for hot-rolled coil (HRC) strengthened further during the week of September 7-11, with Mysteel assessing the export price of SS400 3mm commercial-grade HRC at North China's Tianjin port on September 11 higher by $10/tonne on week at $500/t FOB.

China's property market showed signs of stabilization in the first eight months of 2026, as growth in existing-home transactions helped offset weaker new-home sales, Fu Linghui, spokesman and chief economist of the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), said at a press conference on September 15.

China's domestic bauxite prices held steady with no notable change in the supply-demand landscape, though supply-side bottlenecks have remained pronounced, in the week ending September 11, 2026. Against a backdrop of gradually declining domestic ore grade, alumina refineries continue to favor import