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2026-06-10 15:25PM UTC While markets have been focused on the recent sharp decline in gold prices, the broader precious metals sector has also experienced significant selling pressure, with platinum-group metals suffering some of the steepest losses, according to a report from Bank of America. Both platinum and palladium recently fell to their lowest levels of the year amid continued pressure from the global economic slowdown and geopolitical tensions. Global economic weakness and Middle East tensions weigh on platinum-group metals Commodity analysts at the bank said the rally in platinum-group metals lost momentum since late January, largely due to gold’s price action and persistent economic headwinds linked to the conflict in the Middle East, which continue to weigh on industrial metals demand. Despite the recent weakness, the bank maintained its positive long-term outlook for the sector, noting that it remains constructive on gold heading into the fourth quarter. A renewed gold rally could attract investors back into platinum-group metals and help support prices. Spot platinum fell to around $1,711 per ounce, down more than 2% during the session, while palladium traded near $1,203 per ounce, up roughly 0.5%. Since the sharp selloff on Friday, platinum has lost more than 9% of its value, while palladium has fallen over 6%. Higher price targets despite weak industrial and jewelry demand Despite current pressures, Bank of America still expects platinum to average around $3,000 per ounce by the fourth quarter of 2026 through the first half of 2027. Palladium is expected to average around $2,200 per ounce during the final three months of the year. Platinum-group metals delivered strong gains during 2025 as global trade tensions and threats of tariffs on precious metals created significant disruptions in physical market liquidity. However, analysts noted that most of those concerns eased after tariff threats failed to translate into broad implementation. According to the report, the absence of tariffs resulted in more than 200,000 ounces of platinum leaving NYMEX warehouses, roughly half of the inflows recorded during the second half of 2025. Palladium, meanwhile, saw outflows in late January before flows reversed after the US Department of Commerce imposed final anti-dumping duties of 133% and countervailing duties of 109% on Russian palladium. Structural shifts in demand The bank also highlighted structural changes in demand for platinum-group metals. Platinum is expected to record a modest supply deficit this year, while palladium is forecast to remain in a slight surplus. Analysts pointed to China’s accelerating transition toward electric vehicles as a major source of market volatility, given the reduced demand for internal combustion engine vehicles that rely heavily on platinum-group metals in catalytic converters. Electric vehicles are expected to account for roughly 40% of China’s light-vehicle production this year, surpassing conventional combustion-engine vehicles for the first time. Traditional vehicles are projected to represent 36% of production, while hybrids account for 24%. Production of internal combustion vehicles in China has already fallen to approximately 14 million units in 2025, down from 21 million in 2020. By contrast, the transition to electric vehicles remains slower in Europe and the United States, particularly after Washington scaled back some of its earlier electrification initiatives. Weak jewelry demand in China Demand for platinum jewelry has also slowed, especially in China, where elevated inventories accumulated during the manufacturing boom of mid-2025 continue to pressure the market. Although some of those inventories have already been recycled, retailers still hold large stockpiles while consumer demand remains weak, raising the risk of a significant contraction in Chinese jewelry manufacturing volumes this year. Energy costs threaten South African production Despite uncertainty surrounding global demand, Bank of America believes supply-side risks could become increasingly important. The bank noted that ongoing Middle East tensions, higher energy prices, and inflationary pressures could negatively affect production, particularly in South Africa, one of the world's largest producers of platinum-group metals. South Africa relies heavily on imported oil, has limited domestic production capacity, and faces ongoing refining constraints, leaving its mining sector highly exposed to rising fuel costs. Diesel remains widely used across mining operations, transportation networks, and backup power generation, especially given the country's persistent electricity shortages. Diesel prices have surged since the conflict began, while state utility Eskom raised electricity tariffs by 8.76% beginning in April 2026, significantly increasing mining costs. In this context, Sibanye-Stillwater reported a 13% year-over-year increase in unit operating costs during the first quarter, citing persistent inflationary pressures, including higher labor and energy expenses. In trading on Wednesday, spot palladium rose 1.5% to $1,249 per ounce as of 16:14 GMT. Source： https://www.economies.com/commodities/palladium-news/palladium-attempts-to-recover-losses-as-bank-of-america-maintains-a-bullish-outlook-49044

On June 7, 2026, as a future industry prioritized in the national 15th Five-Year Plan, hydrogen energy serves as a core lever for optimizing the energy structure and implementing the dual carbon strategy. Since the start of this year, Hami City has leveraged its abundant wind and solar new energy resources and ample by-product hydrogen from coal chemical industries as dual resource advantages, targeting the development as Xinjiang’s first hydrogen energy industry demonstration zone and a hydrogen equipment manufacturing hub in western China. The city has continuously clustered high-quality resources across the hydrogen industry chain, accelerating the creation of an integrated full-chain industrial ecosystem covering production, storage, transport, refueling, and utilization, with the momentum for high-quality regional hydrogen industry development continuing to climb. On the equipment manufacturing front, breakthroughs have been achieved in local hydrogen core capacity construction. In Yiwu County, Hami, the large-power hydrogen fuel cell system production line of Xinjiang Kunhua New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. has achieved stable operation and reached production. The project, with a total investment of 150 million yuan, adopts an industry-leading large-power, single-stack, single-system technology pathway to mass-produce fuel cell systems and hydrogen energy storage power generation equipment across a power range of 150 kW to 250 kW. Its products are widely adapted for diverse application scenarios such as mining engineering machinery, urban sanitation, and port operations, filling a gap in high-end hydrogen equipment manufacturing in Xinjiang. Targeting the extreme and demanding operating conditions in the northwest plateau, characterized by high altitude, severe cold, and heavy loads, the enterprise has completed multiple rounds of specialized technical breakthroughs, successively conducting rounds of extreme environment tests across two winters, two summers, and two plateaus. Its equipment can achieve cold start at -30℃ and the overall system lifespan exceeds 20,000 hours, with operational stability and environmental adaptability fully validated. The R&D team continuously collects local mountain road condition and meteorological data to optimize system control strategies, and leverages Hami’s natural test scenarios of clustered coal industries and dense mining transport routes to complete scenario-based customization and upgrades. This ensures the equipment fully meets local complex operational requirements, forming a synergistic pattern of coordination and co-development with existing hydrogen refueling infrastructure. Huang Huanqing, General Manager of Xinjiang Kunhua New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., stated that the company will continue to empower industrial upgrades through technological innovation, collaborating with universities and research institutes to tackle core technologies for high-cold adaptation. Going forward, new projects will be implemented, including a 135-mt hydrogen-powered autonomous mining truck production line, hydrogen energy storage power generation, and hydrogen-powered two-wheelers , further extending the hydrogen equipment manufacturing industry chain. Leveraging the local comprehensive hydrogen refueling support system, these moves will address shortcomings in the full-chain hydrogen development and drive the scaled, green transformation and upgrade of the hydrogen industry in Yiwu. As Hami’s designated "hydrogen city," Yiwu County has established four integrated hydrogen production and refueling stations and deployed hundreds of hydrogen heavy trucks at scale, forming the largest hydrogen transport application scenario in Xinjiang. It is reported that upon reaching full production, the fuel cell system project is expected to achieve an annual output value of 150 million yuan and annual tax revenue of 15 million yuan , while also attracting agglomeration of core parts enterprises producing compressors, hydrogen storage systems, and humidifiers, gradually localizing the production of key components for hydrogen equipment and improving the regional hydrogen industry support system. In the long term, the company will use Hami as a core hub, radiating to energy corridors like Jiuquan, Ningdong, and Zhundong along the Belt and Road initiative, supporting the construction of a northwest hydrogen equipment manufacturing hub, promoting the integrated development of wind power, PV, energy storage, and hydrogen, enhancing regional green electricity consumption capacity, and facilitating carbon neutrality in the transport sector. The dual advantages of resource endowment and industrial foundation lay a solid groundwork for Hami’s hydrogen industry development. Locally, wind energy technical developable capacity reaches 300 GW, and solar energy technical developable capacity reaches 3.2 billion kW. The city’s total installed power generation capacity stands at 51,489.8 MW, with new energy accounting for as much as 73.84% of the installed capacity , providing ample clean energy support for large-scale green electricity hydrogen production. Meanwhile, leveraging its mature coal chemical industry system, Hami has the production capacity potential for 180,000 mt of purified vehicle-grade hydrogen annually, forming a dual-wheel complementary supply pattern of green hydrogen and grey hydrogen , effectively lowering the operating costs of fuel cell vehicles and offering economic advantages for scaled promotion and application. Hydrogen refueling infrastructure and end-use application scenarios are expanding and upgrading in tandem. The integrated energy station operated by Xuanli (Xinjiang) Hydrogen Energy Technology Co., Ltd. features a designed daily refueling capacity of 10 mt, positioning it as one of the leading large-scale refueling stations in China currently. Equipped with eight refueling bays, it supports simultaneous refueling for eight vehicles, with a daily average service capacity of 300 units. The station employs a 24-hour continuous production mode and can dynamically raise its production load based on vehicle refueling demand, ensuring stable hydrogen supply for heavy trucks. Currently, four refueling stations have been deployed in the Naomaohu area alone, establishing a robust hydrogen refueling support network. At the end-use application level, hydrogen heavy trucks, with their advantages of zero emissions and high efficiency, have become the main driver for regional green logistics transformation. Driven by the electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen, hydrogen heavy trucks operate combustion-free and with zero carbon emissions throughout. Hydrogen consumption per 100 km stabilizes at 15 to 18 kg, while the driving range exceeds 300 km, delivering significant transport efficiency advantages. Leveraging Hami’s positioning as a core hub for coal transport from Xinjiang, the area’s daily active heavy truck volume is approximately 50,000 units, spawning a trillion-yuan hydrogen heavy truck application market. Currently, 175 hydrogen heavy trucks have been deployed locally, with the number expected to expand to over 200 within the year, and the total deployment volume nearing 500 units by end-2026 . These primarily cover trunk coal transport scenarios, while a 600-km long-demonstration route from Naomaohu to Guazhou has been initiated, continuously expanding the boundaries of hydrogen transport applications. Policy support continues to unleash industrial vitality. Hami took the lead across Xinjiang in breaking through restrictions on hydrogen production at non-chemical industrial parks, liberalizing permissions for integrated hydrogen production and refueling station construction, and introduced dedicated hydrogen industry support policies in 2025, using targeted subsidies to facilitate infrastructure development and hydrogen vehicle operation promotion. To date, the city has built one scaled hydrogen production plant with a capacity of 25 mt/day and four refueling stations, with an overall daily refueling scale reaching 18 mt. In total, 569 hydrogen heavy trucks and 7 hydrogen buses have been deployed, with the scale of end-use applications continuing to expand. The layout for coordinated regional development is also accelerating. Hami is collaborating with Jiuquan in Gansu to co-develop a trans-provincial hydrogen expressway and hydrogen corridor spanning Xinjiang and Gansu, with plans to open dedicated hydrogen transport lanes on National Highway G331 and the G7 Expressway by 2030, at which point the regional deployment of hydrogen vehicles is expected to exceed 2,000 units. Meanwhile, a local hydrogen energy industry research institute has been established, focusing on technological exploration in frontier fields including hydrogen-electricity integrated microgrids, green ammonia co-firing, and hydrogen energy storage, and laying out developments for net-zero industrial parks and smart energy cities, thus comprehensively broadening the diverse application scenarios for hydrogen energy. According to the development plan, by 2030, Hami is expected to build a green hydrogen consumption capacity exceeding 500,000 mt, relying on the intrinsic industrial advantage of producing and selling locally to construct a highly risk-resistant hydrogen industry system. Presently, Hami continues to transform its wind and solar resource advantages into industrial development benefits, steadily advancing the industrial deployment of the "West-to-East Hydrogen Transmission" initiative. The hydrogen full-chain industry is thriving, becoming the core new driver for regional economic and social green high-quality transformation.

June 10, 2026 – Recently, the Shengde Erdengtu hydrogen energy storage station in Huade County, Ulanqab City, 90MW/360MWh electrochemical energy storage unit was successfully connected to the grid and put into operation, marking the official entry of China’s first grid-side “electrochemical energy storage + hydrogen energy storage” independent demonstration project into the commercial operation phase. The project was jointly developed by China Hydrogen Energy Group Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Xinran Compressor Co., Ltd., leveraging domestic core hydrogen energy equipment to empower the construction of long duration energy storage (LDES) systems, supporting Inner Mongolia in building a safe and efficient new-type power system model project. According to the project planning scheme, the ESS power station has an overall total installed capacity of 100MW/400MWh , adopting a phased commissioning mode. Currently, the 90MW/360MWh electrochemical energy storage section has been connected to the grid for power generation first, while the remaining 10MW/40MWh hydrogen energy storage system has entered the final stage of equipment integrated commissioning. Among them, the full set of domestic core equipment including hydrogen compressors supplied by Shanghai Xinran has been fully installed, laying a solid hardware foundation for the project to achieve long-cycle, large-capacity green hydrogen energy storage operation. As a national-level key demonstration project for energy transition, the project innovatively created a short-duration electrochemical energy storage + long-duration hydrogen energy storage complementary operation mode, establishing a multi-level and multi-dimensional energy storage system featuring “second-level response, hour-level regulation, and cross-day and cross-seasonal storage,” effectively addressing industry pain points such as the intermittency, fluctuations, and difficulty in absorbing new energy generation. Among them, the electrochemical ESS can achieve millisecond-level fast frequency regulation, leveling out fluctuations in wind and solar power output in real time, ensuring instantaneous grid stability; the hydrogen ESS relies on the core equipment of the Xinran XR-3.8/(10-15)-29 hydrogen compressor to convert surplus new energy electricity from the grid into green hydrogen storage, with cross-seasonal and long-cycle energy dispatch capabilities, making up for the application shortcomings of conventional short-duration energy storage. Located in Huade County, Ulanqab City, Inner Mongolia, the project benefits from abundant local wind and PV resources, providing high-quality clean energy support for large-scale green hydrogen production. On-site, the integrated commissioning of Xinran hydrogen compressors, hydrogen storage tanks, electrolyzers, and other core equipment has been completed, opening up the entire closed-loop industry chain of hydrogen production, compression, storage, and power generation . To cope with Inner Mongolia’s extreme conditions of severe cold and sandstorms, both parties jointly optimized and iterated equipment performance, achieving 100% independent and controllable core components and completely eliminating reliance on imports of similar equipment. The equipment can operate stably in -30°C extremely cold environments , setting a benchmark for the localisation of hydrogen energy equipment and its adaptation to extreme operating conditions. In terms of environmental protection and industrial benefits, the project boasts prominent advantages. After full-scale commercial operation, it can absorb over 500 million kWh of new energy electricity annually, reducing standard coal consumption by roughly 150,000 mt and CO2 emissions by 400,000 mt, achieving remarkable ecological emission reduction results. Meanwhile, the high-quality green hydrogen produced can be widely used as industrial raw materials, transportation fuel, and district heating, spurring the cluster development of green chemical industries such as green ammonia and green methanol, and helping Inner Mongolia build a national demonstration base for new energy equipment manufacturing and green hydrogen production and application. The successful grid connection of this electricity-hydrogen hybrid energy storage project fully verifies the feasibility and practicality of the electricity-hydrogen coupling energy storage technology route, offering a replicable and scalable practical model for the construction of new-type power systems nationwide. The industry chain synergy model between China Hydrogen Energy Group and Shanghai Xinran Compressor also provides an excellent case for industry-university-research-application collaboration and upstream-downstream integrated innovation in the hydrogen ESS sector. With the subsequent official operation of the hydrogen energy storage system, the project will be upgraded into a comprehensive energy hub integrating grid peak shaving and frequency regulation, LDES, and green hydrogen production, continuously delivering the mature "Inner Mongolia Solution" for new energy consumption and green transformation of the energy structure.

On June 10, 2026, China’s inland waterway shipping achieved a major technological breakthrough in its green hydrogen transition. According to the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, the world’s first demonstration vessel featuring a “hydrogen internal combustion engine + organic liquid hydrogen storage” power system , jointly developed through coordinated R&D led by Huacan Ke Ship Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. together with dozens of research and industry organizations, has officially commenced construction and plans to complete launch testing within 2026. The implementation of this project marks a substantive breakthrough in long-standing challenges in hydrogen-powered vessel applications, and signals that inland hydrogen shipping has formally entered the critical implementation stage of full-vessel, real-machine validation. For a long time, the storage and transportation segment has been the core bottleneck constraining the large-scale popularization and application of hydrogen energy. Traditional hydrogen storage and transportation has mainly relied on two models—high-pressure cylinder storage or ultra-cryogenic liquid hydrogen storage—which not only entail high construction and operating costs, but also require extremely stringent safety control standards. In particular, conventional onboard hydrogen storage equipment must withstand high-pressure operating conditions of several hundred atmospheres, and the investment required to build supporting hydrogen refueling stations far exceeds that of traditional fuel stations. High costs and strict safety thresholds have significantly limited the implementation and popularization of hydrogen energy in transportation fields such as vessels, creating an industry dilemma of “difficulty getting hydrogen onboard.” The organic liquid hydrogen storage technology applied in this implementation specifically addresses the dual challenges of safety and economics in hydrogen shipping storage and transportation, clearing key technical barriers for hydrogen energy to enable inland waterway shipping at scale. The core principle of this technology is to use a reversible chemical reaction to integrate hydrogen into a special liquid organic carrier material, enabling safe storage and controllable release of hydrogen. During vessel operations, the onboard liquid hydrogen storage medium can release hydrogen through heated dehydrogenation; the hydrogen internal combustion engine then generates electricity through combustion to recharge the onboard lithium battery, and ultimately the vessel is propelled by an electric motor. The overall operating logic is similar to that of range-extended NEVs, delivering a stable and efficient operating mode. In terms of safety performance, the advantages of this technology are particularly prominent. Project-related tests show that, both before and after hydrogen storage, the liquid organic carrier medium does not have flammable characteristics and cannot be ignited by ordinary open flames. According to Huacan Ke Chief Engineer Yuan Yi, the hydrogen storage medium features non-toxic and harmless, and not easily volatile characteristics, allowing storage and transportation to be completed throughout under ambient temperature and pressure, without high-pressure or low-temperature special operating conditions. It can also be directly compatible with existing gasoline and diesel fueling equipment to enable co-station fueling, eliminating the need for large-scale new supporting infrastructure and significantly reducing supporting construction costs for hydrogen shipping. Meanwhile, this technology substantially improves hydrogen storage and transportation efficiency and compresses hydrogen application costs. Data show that a 30 mt-class freight vehicle carrying the liquid hydrogen storage medium can transport up to 1.5 mt of hydrogen per trip, with transportation efficiency three times that of traditional hydrogen storage models. Based on comprehensive calculations, leveraging this innovative storage and transportation technology, overall hydrogen transportation costs can be reduced to the same level as diesel and other traditional fossil fuels , completely breaking the industry pain point of high-priced hydrogen applications. At the refueling and operations level, this new-type power system establishes a convenient and efficient circular refueling system. Vessels can directly replace the dehydrogenated liquid medium at ports and refill with new hydrogen-containing medium to complete rapid refueling, while the depleted medium can be re-hydrogenated and recycled for reuse. Huacan Ke Chairman Wang Dafu stated that this refueling model is similar to the battery swapping logic of NEVs, replacing solid-state batteries with liquid media to meet the refueling needs of long-distance vessel navigation. At present, Shanghai has completed construction of dedicated test-route hydrogen-oil fueling points; going forward, it will gradually improve the local fueling network and continue to deploy supporting stations along inland waterways. Notably, this technology enables highly efficient circular energy utilization. The entire system requires only an operating temperature of around 200°C for dehydrogenation, and the R&D team innovatively uses waste heat from exhaust gas generated during hydrogen internal combustion engine operation to complete dehydrogenation, effectively reducing additional energy input, avoiding energy waste, and further improving full-process hydrogen utilization efficiency. Liu Wenbo, a first-level survey officer at the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, stated that the innovative technical route of “hydrogen internal combustion engine + organic liquid hydrogen storage,” supported by solid early-stage scientific research accumulation and technical investment, precisely aligns with the national “dual carbon” development strategy. This solution combines mature implementability with commercial promotion value, providing a new feasible pathway for the green and low-carbon transformation of inland waterway shipping, and is expected to lead the scaled and standardized development of China’s hydrogen vessel industry.

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the National Energy Administration recently issued the “Notice on Matters Concerning the Orderly Promotion of Multi-User Green Electricity Direct Supply,” upgrading green electricity direct supply from “one-to-one” “single-point binding” to “one-to-many” “cluster sharing.” The new policy allows new energy stations to supply green electricity directly to multiple users in industrial parks and zero-carbon industrial parks through dedicated lines. As of the end of April this year, 24 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) nationwide have issued or formulated supporting policies for green electricity direct supply, and 99 green electricity direct supply projects across the country have completed approval.