On March 26, Dianjiang County held a signing event for investment promotion projects in Q1 2026, with a total of 28 projects signed and an agreed amount of 8.12 billion yuan. Among them, the project for the annual production of 50,000 mt of secondary aluminum and aluminum products processing planned to build 10 production lines for aluminum smelting and deep processing. After completion and commissioning, it could achieve an annual output value of 1.25 billion yuan and tax revenue of more than 10 million yuan.

On March 18th, the handover and trial production ceremony for the graphene-coated aluminum foil production base, a supporting project for the Fengshan Lake New Energy Industrial Park, was successfully held, officially marking the start of the trial production phase. The project has a total investment of approximately 200 million yuan and, upon completion, will have an annual production capacity of 48,000 tons of graphene-coated aluminum foil. The Fengshan Lake supporting production project is a new energy industry project focusing on high-end manufacturing. It is a joint development project between Jiangmen Development Group's subsidiary, Jiangfa Industrial Park Group, and Guangdong Shengkai Metal Industry Co., Ltd.

On March 26, a centralized signing ceremony for investment projects in Dianjiang County for the first quarter of 2026 was held. Among the signed projects, a project for the annual production of 50,000 tons of recycled aluminum and aluminum product processing is planned to construct 10 production lines for aluminum smelting and deep processing. After completion and operation, it is expected to achieve an annual output value of 1.25 billion yuan and tax revenue of over 10 million yuan.

Recently, the official website of the Gaoxian County People's Government in Yibin City, Sichuan Province, released the first public notice for the environmental impact assessment of the "Gaoxian County 80,000-ton Spent Lithium Battery Dismantling and Comprehensive Utilization Project" undertaken by a new energy company in Sichuan. According to the public notice, the new energy company has a total investment of 300 million yuan. The construction site is located in the Yibin Circular Economy Industrial Park. The project involves building 10 battery dismantling and battery crushing production lines, achieving an annual production scale of dismantling and comprehensively utilizing 80,000 tons of spent lithium batteries.

Concluding our series, we shift focus to 2026's emerging NdFeB growth drivers: robotics, low-altitude economy, and electric two-wheelers. While viewed as the "second growth curve," we analyze their actual demand support amidst current macro and industry cycles to determine if they can offset traditional sector slowdowns.

JS Energy announced on the 27th that it has begun full-scale operations at its third plant located in the Megapolis district of Chungju, North Chungcheong Province, South Korea. The facility, built with an investment of KRW 358.7 billion, began construction in June 2023 and was completed in 22 months. It has an annual production capacity of 70,000 tons of cathode materials.