China's LPG market held firm during the week, supported by tighter supply despite weaker international crude oil prices. China's domestic LPG prices increased, while producer and port inventories declined as lower import arrivals outweighed the recovery in domestic LPG production.

Mongolian coal supply via China's Ganqimaodu border port has continued to plummet following port authorities' tighter environmental checks on open-air coal stocks. This led to rapid inventory drawdowns at the key crossing and fueled market jitters over a harder hit to China's overall coking coal ava

China's upstream and midstream copper product imports diverged in July 2026, though none of them helped ease tight supply in the domestic market. Imports of copper concentrate and scrap edged up month on month, while refined copper imports fell notably. The increase in raw material imports offered o