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  How Are Expectations for China’s Galvanized Sheet Exports in March Amid Continued Turmoil in the Middle East?

  According to the latest customs data, galvanized sheet exports stood at 926,600 mt in January 2026 and 1.1677 million mt in February, bringing cumulative exports in January-February to 2.0942 million mt, down 0.14% YoY. China’s total galvanized sheet exports in January-February this year were basically flat YoY. .

• Magnesium Industry Advances on Two Fronts: Coordinated Empowerment of New Development Through Salt Lake Resource Security and Breakthroughs in End-Use Applications [SMM Survey]

  [Dual Momentum in the Magnesium Industry: Coordinated Empowerment of New Development Through Salt Lake Resource Security and Breakthroughs in End-Use Applications] As one of the lightest known structural metallic materials, magnesium combines outstanding properties such as light weight, high strength, and high thermal conductivity, making it a core strategic material supporting industrial upgrading in sectors such as automotive lightweighting and new energy materials. China’s magnesium industry is advancing on two fronts, simultaneously promoting breakthroughs in end-use application technologies and securing raw material supply, overcoming bottlenecks in industrial development and supporting the high-quality development of the magnesium industry.

• Lower Costs Coupled With Weaker-Than-Expected Demand Push Secondary Aluminum Prices Down[SMM Analysis]

  [SMM Analysis]Lower Costs Coupled With Weaker-Than-Expected Demand Push Secondary Aluminum Prices Down

• [SMM Analysis] This Week's Hydrometallurgy Recycling Market: Lithium Chemicals Prices Began to Rise, and Market Transactions Were Mediocre (2026.3.23-2026.3.26)

  Raw material side, spot lithium carbonate prices began to rise this week, while cobalt sulphate and nickel sulphate prices remained temporarily stable.

• Macro Sentiment Fluctuations Put Nonferrous Metals Under Pressure, Tin Prices Pulled Back and Remained in the Doldrums [SMM Tin Brief Review]

  [SMM Tin Brief Review: Repeated Shifts in Macro Sentiment Put Pressure on Nonferrous Metals, and Tin Prices Pulled Back and Remained in the Doldrums]