China's Consumer Price Index (CPI) in November increased by 0.7% compared with the same month last year, though from October it dropped 0.1%, while the country's Producer Price Index (PPI) rose 0.1% on month but fell 2.2% on year, according to the latest data released by the country's National Burea

Zinc prices rose last week, with Mysteel's China #0 zinc ingot weekly spot average price up by 1.89% week on week to an average of Yuan 22,865/tonne. The Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) and London Metal Exchange (LME) zinc average prices also increased by 1.77% and 1.81% week on week, respectively.

The global manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) declined slightly in November to sit at 49.6, dipping by 0.1 point from the prior month, according to the latest data compiled by the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing (CFLP).

Nickel pig iron (NPI) production in Indonesia, the world's top supplier, continued its upward trajectory in November to reach 157,200 tonnes (nickel contained) last month, according to the most recent Mysteel survey covering 55 local smelters whose combined operational production lines total 263. Th

China's refined copper output increased by 18.17% year on year and by 3.11% month on month to 1.1405 million tonnes in November, according to Mysteel's latest survey. Cumulative output from January to November 2025 reached 12.4062 million tonnes, up by 14.79% year on year. Looking ahead, December's