China’s automotive output and sales both fell in July, on a month-on-month and year-on-year basis, because of reduced seasonal demand in the summer season and the higher base in July 2022, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said this week

Prior to this year, Chinese imports had fallen steadily for more than a decade but now the market appears to be shifting

Manganese ore prices, delivered to China, have been trending lower since early February, with Fastmarkets analysts and market sources expecting steady growth in supply and high inventory levels to drag on prices

Economic stimulus policies put in place by the government of China will be key to sustaining price rises among base metals in the coming quarters, Daria Efanova, head of research at UK-based services provider Sucden Financial, said during the company’s third-quarter metals webinar on Wednesday, August 2

Low margins at Chinese steelmakers so far in 2023 have boosted demand for lower-grade iron ore products, which has led to record iron ore shipments from Australia's FMG in its financial year to June 30, sources told Fastmarkets this week

China's latest consumption-focused stimulus attempts to drive downstream demand for steel products, but reception in the steelmaking industry has been lukewarm, sources in China told Fastmarkets

According to Fastmarkets knowledge and available statistical updates, global tissue consumption returned to normal in many regions in 2022, but there was an exception – China

China’s domestic stainless steel prices were flat over the week ending Wednesday July 19 amid weak demand, but some participants expected the central government to release stimulus policies for manufacturers to push up stainless steel demand

Restrictions on critical minerals by China cast uncertainty over industry

The outlook for prime hard metallurgical coal is dim, even as demand dwindles in key end user markets China and India