To better serve industrial clients and more closely align with the market, SMM is adding a new Blister Copper RC Spot CIF India price...

Announcement on the Addition of Four Price Points: Sulfuric Acid (EXW Zambia), Sulfuric Acid (EXW DRC), Sulfur (DAP DRC), and Sulfur (DDP DRC)

Starting from May 15, 2026, SMM will officially launch the regular publication of Brazilian and Argentinian low-sulphur petroleum coke CIF China price data.

Announcement on Publishing China’s Imported Remelted Lead Landed Duty-Paid Price and Premiums/Discounts

To better serve industry clients and more closely align with the market, SMM plans to add 6 copper scrap price assessments for the US region, which will be officially launched on April 24, 2026. Shang

SMM Industry Research Department will suspend price updates from April 13-15, 2026, due to the Songkran Festival in Thailand. Daily and weekly prices will resume on April 16 and 17, 2026 respectively

Please be informed that April 3rd (Friday), 2026, coincides with the public holidays for Good Friday in several countries, including Indonesia and Philippines. Due to the holiday, the SMM Industry Res

Discontinuation and Addition of Iron Ore Data Points in the SMM Database

Announcement on Adjusting the Quotation Frequency of Battery-Grade Lithium Fluoride Prices from Weekly to Daily

Dear User, Currently, lithium carbonate prices are experiencing significant fluctuations, leading to markedly increased cost volatility for lithium metal, for which lithium carbonate serves as the primary raw material. To more promptly and accurately reflect market conditions for lithium metal, SMM plans to increase the publication frequency of prices for both industrial-grade lithium metal and battery-grade lithium metal from weekly updates to daily updates . The updates will be released at 12:00 PM Beijing Time on each working day for market reference: 1. Battery-grade lithium metal, Specification: Li≥99.9% 2. Industrial-grade lithium metal, Specification: Li≥99% We welcome more relevant enterprises across the industry chain to participate and support SMM in better serving new energy industry chain-related companies. Wang Cong 021-51666838 wangcong@smm.cn Feng Disheng 021-51666714 fengdisheng@smm.cn Wang Zihan 021-51666914 wangzihan@smm.cn Zhang Jing 021-51666878 faithzhang@smm.cn SMM New Energy Research Team January 8, 2026