On March 25, SHFE issued an announcement approving Guangdong CMST Shengshi Zhaobang Logistics Co., Ltd. as a copper delivery warehouse The original text was as follows: Announcement on Approving Guangdong CMST Shengshi Zhaobang Logistics Co., Ltd. as a Copper Delivery Warehouse Recently, our exchange received the relevant application materials from Guangdong CMST Shengshi Zhaobang Logistics Co., Ltd. In accordance with the Delivery Warehouse Management Measures of the Shanghai Futures Exchange and other relevant regulations, it was decided after deliberation that: I. Guangdong CMST Shengshi Zhaobang Logistics Co., Ltd. was approved to become a copper delivery warehouse of our exchange. The storage address is No. 108 Dongjiang Avenue, Huangpu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, with an approved storage capacity of 20,000 mt, and no regional premiums will be applied. II. It will be put into operation as of the date of this announcement. All relevant parties should attach great importance to this matter, effectively carry out all related work, and ensure the normal and orderly conduct of delivery business. Hereby announced. Shanghai Futures Exchange Mar 2026 Click to view announcement details:

On 24 March, Haitian Co., Ltd. issued an announcement regarding the signing of a strategic cooperation agreement with Tongwei Solar Co., Ltd. The announcement states that the collaboration aims to strengthen in-depth technical discussions in the field of photovoltaic cells, with a view to achieving continuous technological innovation and enhancing cost efficiency. The scope of the cooperation includes, but is not limited to, the following: both parties have agreed to regard each other as key strategic partners; in future collaborations, Tongwei will give priority to using Haitian’s pastes and other related products, provided that all other conditions are equal. The parties will continuously expand the scope of their cooperation and increase the scale of their collaboration.

SMM, March 24: According to an official announcement from a Hunan-based company, bidding for the sale of 600 metric tons of physical bismuth concentrate from its operations for March 2026 will begin today. The deadline for bidding registration and submission is 10:00 a.m. on March 26. The minimum bid price for this auction is set at 130,600 yuan per metal ton. Bids below this threshold will be considered invalid.

On March 23, Suzhou Huaya Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. issued an announcement stating that the company signed the "Energy Storage Cabinet Product Procurement Framework Agreement" with Suzhou Landong Technology Co., Ltd. The estimated total annual transaction amount does not exceed 20 million yuan, accounting for 1.12% of the company's audited net assets in 2024. According to the terms of the framework agreement, Landong Technology intends to purchase precision metal structural components, which are Huaya Intelligence's main products, for use in the production of its energy storage cabinets. Furthermore, all production and manufacturing related to Landong Technology's business products will be completed by Huaya Intelligence.

On March 23, Youngy Co., Ltd. issued an announcement stating that the company has approved a proposal to invest in the construction of an annual 50,000-ton high-performance lithium-ion battery anode material project, with a total fixed asset investment of approximately 1.1 billion yuan. The project will be implemented in Lanzhou New Area by its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lanzhou Youngy Materials Technology Co., Ltd. Lanzhou Youngy Materials completed its industrial and commercial registration in December 2024. As early as May 2025, it signed a "State-Owned Construction Land Use Rights Transfer Contract" with the Lanzhou New Area Natural Resources and Planning Bureau, acquiring 208,451.60 square meters of industrial land in Lanzhou New Area for a transfer price of 49.77 million yuan.

According to an announcement by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Hyundai Motor America announced a recall of 61,093 vehicles.

SMM March 20 News: According to an official announcement from Qingdao Manganese Series Investment Partnership (Limited Partnership), it invites qualified bidders to submit sealed bids for the selenium dioxide project for electrolytic manganese production. Component requirements: SeO₂ ≥ 98%. Total tender quantity: Approximately 169 tons. Bid deadline: 9:00 AM (Beijing Time), March 23, 2026.

[Lead-Acid Battery End-Use Market Updates] Recently, the China Government Procurement Network and the China Government Service Purchasing Information Platform released the "Supplementary Procurement Announcement for UPS Batteries for Building 1 of the East China Cloud Computing Base." The announcement stated that a tender was launched for the supplementary procurement and installation of UPS batteries for Building 1 of the East China Cloud Computing Base, requiring the parallel addition of 1–2 battery sets based on the existing UPS battery system, with a project budget of 1 million yuan.

Recently, the Liupanshui Public Resources Trading Center released the tender announcement for the Panzhou Green Energy Emergency Power Supply Project (Phase I) - Design and Construction General Contracting. The total investment for this project is 463.8 million yuan. The estimated contract price for this EPC general contracting section is 412.6 million yuan, equivalent to a unit price of 1.38 yuan/Wh, with a planned construction period of 24 months. The project will involve the construction of 28 new distributed user-side independent energy storage power stations and supporting facilities, with a total scale of 150MW/300MWh.

On March 7, according to an announcement by Xingye Silver&Tin, Xiwuzhumuqin Banner Budun Yingen Mining Co., Ltd., a managed company of Inner Mongolia Xingye Silver&Tin Mining Co., Ltd., recently obtained the Reply on the Approval of the 2.97 million mt/year Underground Mining and Beneficiation Project for the Silver Mine in the Budunwula Mining Area of Budun Yingen Mining Co., Ltd., Xiwuzhumuqin Banner, Xilingol League, Inner Mongolia, issued by the Development and Reform Commission of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the Development and Reform Commission of Xilingol League. Budun Yingen Mining will implement an underground silver mining and beneficiation project in the mining area, with a construction scale of 2.97 million mt/year.