China rare earth magnets production maintained stable growth in 2019
Output of sintered NdFeB grew 9.7% to 170,000 mt in 2019
December ferronickel imports rose 34% year on year
December’s ferronickel imports contain 35,400 mt of nickel, up 2.44% from November and 38.35% from December 2018
Operating rates at primary lead smelters fell to 50.1% in the pre-CNY week
This was down 5.5 percentage points from the week ended January 17
Secondary lead smelters operating rate dropped to 34.2% in the week before CNY holiday
Several smelters suspended production ahead of the Chinese New Year holidays
Update: China nickel ore imports fell for 3 months
China imported 4.32 million mt of nickel ore and concentrate last month, down 27.91% from November
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