Recently, the Fuding Ecological Environment Bureau in Ningde City, Fujian Province, released the acceptance announcement for the environmental impact assessment document of the "Lithium Battery Material (General Industrial Solid Waste) Collection and Recycling Project" undertaken by an environmental protection technology company in Ningde. This project involves the recycling and processing of waste battery materials and waste lithium battery electrode sheet materials. It utilizes anode (negative electrode) sheets to separate copper particles and graphite powder through crushing and screening processes. The project has an annual capacity of recycling 30,000 tons of waste battery materials and processing 50,000 tons of waste lithium battery electrode sheet materials.

On March 20, a company from Fujian specializing in hydrogen energy materials announced the public notice for the environmental protection acceptance inspection of the phased completion of its annual 1,500-ton high-end fluoropolymer project. The details of the project are as follows: The scope of this phased acceptance inspection covers a 100 t/a perfluorosulfonic acid resin production line and its supporting environmental protection facilities; the scale of the phased acceptance inspection is 100 t/a of perfluorosulfonic acid resin.

This week, the weekly operating rate of leading downstream aluminum processing enterprises in China rebounded 1.1 percentage points MoM to 64%.

Recently, the CATL New Energy Battery Base Project (Jinchui Phase I) located in Badu Town, Jiaocheng District, Ningde City, Fujian Province, is scheduled to complete delivery by the end of April 2026. Jinchui Phase I involves a total investment of approximately 2 billion yuan, covering about 900 mu of land. It plans to construct approximately 370,000 square meters of new energy battery intelligent manufacturing standard factories and supporting auxiliary facilities. Upon completion, it will become an important production base for CATL in Jiaocheng District. CATL disclosed that its production capacity reached 772 GWh in 2025, with 321 GWh under construction.

On March 17, the Phase I Expansion Stage 1 Project of CATL's Innovation Laboratory Construction completed the public notice for the completion environmental protection acceptance. The project is located in the Dongqiao Economic and Technological Development Zone, Ningde, Fujian, with an actual construction investment of 80 million yuan. This acceptance was a phased acceptance, further strengthening the hardware support for sodium-ion battery R&D.

Fujian Guangmin Copper Industry Co., Ltd.'s annual 35,000-ton cold-rolled high-precision copper strip project is striving for a strong start in the first quarter with solid efforts. The Fujian Guangmin Copper Cold-Rolled High-Precision Copper Strip Project is a key cooperation project between Guangdong and Longyan, with a total investment of 1 billion yuan.The project is being constructed in two phases: the first phase includes the construction of an annual production capacity of 20,000 tons of high-performance purple copper and brass high-precision strips and ancillary facilities, while the second phase involves the construction of an annual production capacity of 15,000 tons of high-copper alloy high-precision strips and related facilities.

Based on current production conditions and in line with prevailing market demand, mainstream steel mills in Fujian (such as Sansteel MinGuang, Fujian Sanbao, Fujian Dadonghai, Wuhang, and Fujian Hongfeng) successively adjusted the price spread between size groups for construction steel starting March 17.

Based on current production conditions and in light of current market demand, starting from March 17, mainstream steel mills in Fujian (such as Sansteel Minguang, Fujian Sanbao, Fujian Dadonghai, Wuhang, and Fujian Hongfeng) successively adjusted the price spreads for construction steel specification components.

[SMM Weekly Survey of the Aluminum Downstream Sector: Downstream Aluminum Operating Rate Continued to Rebound to 61.9%, with High Prices Suppressing the Peak "Golden March" Season] This week, the weekly operating rate of leading downstream aluminum processing enterprises in China rose 2.4 percentage points MoM to 61.9%, overall extending the post-holiday recovery trend, with all segments rebounding MoM, and the industry as a whole entering a normal production pace.

According to the Zhouning County Natural Resources Bureau, the Fujian Tsingshan Special Materials stainless steel deep processing project officially received its construction engineering planning permit on February 14, 2026. The major facility, covering a land area of over 207,700 square meters with a total construction area of approximately 156,482 square meters, marks a significant step forward in capacity expansion for the Tsingshan-affiliated entity in Fujian province, further solidifying its downstream processing footprint.