March 12, 2026 News: It was reported that CMA shipping company announced an additional congestion surcharge for the Port of Beira

On January 22, Chery's JETOUR brand introduced a new luxury off-road product range, named JETOUR Zongheng (name in Chinese pinyin).

On March 1, the Foreign Trade Secretariat of the Ministry of Development, Industry, Trade and Services of Brazil issued Announcement No. 9 of 2024, stating that it had initiated an anti-dumping investigation on tinned chrome coils originating in China in response to an application submitted by the Brazilian domestic company Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional on October 6, 2023. The products involved in the case are alloy or non-alloy tinned chrome coils with a thickness of less than 0.5 mm of any width, and the tax codes involved in the South Common City are 7210.12.00, 7210.50.00, etc.

Cathode active material (CAM) output varied in March. On the supply side, lithium salt prices plunged, which, coupled with poor demand from power battery and energy storage sectors, aroused a strong wait-and-see sentiment among CAM producers.

UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher said on Wednesday (April 5) that there are "significant risks" in the integration of Credit Suisse and that the full integration will take a long time.

[China's refined nickel imports increased both MoM and YoY in April 2025, with net imports turning positive] In March 2025, according to data released by the General Administration of Customs, China's refined nickel imports (including unwrought non-alloy nickel with a total nickel and cobalt content of ≥99.99% and cobalt content of ≤0.005%, other unwrought non-alloy nickel, and unwrought nickel alloys) reached 19,157 mt, up 116.92% MoM from March, up 135.76% YoY, and up 127.88% YoY on a cumulative basis.