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MMi Daily Iron Ore Report (October 23)
SMM data showed that iron ore stocks across 35 Chinese ports totaled 117.5 million mt as of October 23, up 1.52 million mt from a week ago, but 1.29 million mt lower than a year ago.
Operating rates at lead-acid battery makers unchanged on week
Operating rates across lead-acid battery producers in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei and Hebei provinces averaged 72.31% in the week ended October 23, unchanged from the previous week.
SHFE nonferrous metals broadly fell on Friday October 23 as investors monitored global coronavirus developments and searched for direction.
Nickel ore inventories at Chinese ports fell 25,000 wmt to 9.39 million wmt
Nickel ore inventories across all Chinese ports decreased 25,000 wmt from October 16 to 9.39 million wmt as of October 23, showed SMM data.
Silicon social inventories shrank to 77,000 mt this week
Social inventories of silicon metal across Huangpu port, Kunming city and Tianjin port shrank 1,000 mt from the previous week to 77,000 mt as of Friday October 23.
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