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Survey: China daily lithium ore price 2026.07.30

Mysteel daily survey of China's lithium ore market price.

MYSTEEL: How SHFE's new steel options reshape risk management

The Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) officially released contract specifications for options trading in stainless steel and hot-rolled coil (HRC) on July 24, following approval from the China Securities Regulatory Commission. Trading for both is expected to commence in August, analysts suggest, cons

Survey: Steel output at Chinese mills 2026.7.30

Mysteel weekly survey of steel output at Chinese mills. Date: 2026.7.30     Note: The survey includes rebar output at 137 mills, wire rod output at 92 mills, HRC output at 37 mills, CRC output at 29 mills and medium plate output at 37 mills.

FLASH: China daily lithium-ion battery black mass price 2026.07.30

Mysteel daily survey of China's lithium-ion battery black mass market price. Unit: RMB yuan/tonne, %

Survey: China daily LiPF6 price 2026.07.30

Mysteel daily survey of China's LiPF6 market price. Unit:RMB yuan/t

Survey: China daily electrolyte price 2026.07.30

Mysteel daily survey of China's electrolyte market price. Unit:RMB yuan/t

Survey: Steel inventory at Chinese mills 2026.7.30

    Note: The survey includes rebar inventories at 137 mills, wire rod inventories at 92 mills, HRC inventories at 37 mills, CRC inventories at 29 mills and medium plate inventories at 37 mills.

Survey: Steel inventory at traders' warehouse 2026.7.30

    Note: Mysteel has started publishing the new set of data regarding traders' steel inventories since March 19 2020 to better represent the market with bigger sample sizes: Rebar and wire rod: Sample size is increased to 429 warehouses in 132 Chinese cities from the previous 215 warehouses in 35 c

Survey: China isobutane demand 2026.07.31

OilChem weekly survey of the isobutane demand in China. Unit:'000 tonne

FLASH: Ronbay Technology to invest Yuan 4.72 billion in the sodium-ion cathode material project

On July 30, Ronbay Technology announced in a public filing that it plans to invest in the construction of an integrated project for the annual production of 300,000 tonnes of sodium-ion cathode materials in Xiantao, with a total investment of Yuan 4.723 billion, of which Yuan 4 billion is allocated