Gold is highly negatively correlated to U.S. interest rates, particularly real rates.So far this year, gold has seen its worst first-quarter performance since 2014, with the Shanghai gold 2106 contract down more than 10 percent, thanks to a surge in U.S. bond yields.However, since the second quarter Read More »

At the end of February, Shanghai Tin main contract prices fell high.From the macro point of view, the current global liquidity is sufficient, good tin prices.From the fundamental point of view, the steady recovery of terminal demand, tin ore supply short-term problems, fundamentals also good tin pri Read More »

With the further recovery of the global economy, the copper price continues to adjust the space is limited, it is expected that the copper price in April around 63,000 ~ 65,000 yuan/ton will be strongly supported, and the probability of further rebound is large.Since the first quarter, domestic and Read More »

China's lithium carbonate prices doubled in four months, lithium salt listed companies have announced production expansion plans. Lithium carbonate is one of the necessary raw materials for the production of lithium batteries. As of March 12, the average market price of domestic battery grade lithi Read More »

Magnesium market from weak to strong this week or more firm. On market changeable, magnesium weeks ago half of the city is still a week before is the continuation of a modest weakening trend, when many market participants continue to see weak afternoon, on April 1, the factory in the inventory is no Read More »

Large area perovskite LED was prepared by new technology. Xiao Zhengguo, a professor at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), and his team recently produced large-area, high-efficiency perovskite light-emitting diodes (LEDs) using an air-knife-assisted scraping and coating method Read More »

China ranks first in the world in the scale of renewable energy development and utilization. China ranks first in renewable energy development and utilization in the world, providing strong support for green and low-carbon energy transformation, Zhang Jianhua, director of the National Energy Adminis Read More »

China has developed a high performance carbon-based lithium ion capacitor monomer: 100,000 cycles, the capacity is still over 95.7%Lithium-ion capacitors, widely used in rail transportation, electric vehicles, aerospace and other fields, have many advantages in energy storage, but unfortunately, th Read More »

Fire retardant fillerAluminium hydroxide also finds use as a fire retardant filler for polymer applications. It is selected for these applications because it is colorless (like most polymers), inexpensive, and has good fire retardant properties.Magnesium hydroxide and mixtures of huntite and hydroma Read More »

By the end of 2020, China's total installed scale of renewable energy power generation reached 930 million kilowatts, accounting for 42.4% of the total installed capacity, an increase of 14.6 percentage points compared with 2012.Renewable energy utilization continues to improve. In 2020, China's renewable energy generation will reach 2.2 trillion kilowatt-hours, accounting for 29.5 percent of the total electricity consumption, an increase of 9.5 percentage points over 2012. It is reported that China actively promote urban and rural organic waste and other biomass energy clean use, promote the improvement of living environment;We will actively explore photovoltaic sand control models that combine desert control, photovoltaic power generation, and farming, promote the combination of photovoltaic development and ecological restoration, and realize the coordinated development and complement of renewable energy development and ecological progress. Read More »

To paraphrase the idiom of the annual industry review: "2020 will be an extraordinary year" for the polysilicon-photovoltaic industry.I have been writing about it for 10 years. From a full-time photovoltaic journalist to a staff member of an engineering company investing in polysilicon and photovoltaic industry, the polysilicon and photovoltaic industry has always been affecting my thoughts in the past 10 years.This "extraordinary" is not simply a writing habit or a simple copy. Instead, from the beginning of this century to the present, China's polysilicon and photovoltaic industry has experienced great changes and ups and downs in just 20 years, which has fully condensed the development track of other industries for decades or even hundreds of years. Read More »

China is the largest tin consumer, the performance of its terminal industry directly affects the consumption of tin.China's tin consumption is more concentrated, more than half for tin solder.And tin solder is widely used in household appliances, automobile manufacturing and other industries.From the point of view of terminal data, the performance of the home appliance industry has picked up.The cumulative output of refrigerators in the first two months of this year was 12.107 million, higher than the 6.67 million in 2020 and 10.99 million in 2019.From January to February, the cumulative output of washing machines in China was 13.135 million, higher than 7.757 million in the same period in 2020 and 10.85 million in 2019.From January to February, the cumulative output of air conditioners in China was 29.404 million units, higher than 16.285 million units in the same period in 2020 and 27.885 million units in the same period in 2019. Read More »

On March 26, the author learned from the manager of a magnesium factory in Fugu that their general magnesium quotation was 15,300 yuan/ton with tax included, but the price could not be concluded. The shipment price fell slightly to 15,200 yuan/ton, and they have been shipping in line with the market.In the weakening market, the purchasing psychology of buying up rather than falling, last week, the purchasing enthusiasm of traders and downstream users was weak, rigid demand was purchased on demand, and users who were not in a hurry to replenish the goods were mainly watching the market.For magnesium city trend this week, in the current good news is not much of the situation, the market looks down the view in the majority. Read More »

Since the previous week after the stable operation of the magnesium market, the overall continuation of the stable operation of the magnesium city last week.To March 19, 99.9% magnesium ingot mansion valley area factory to mainstream factory tax cash price 15300-15400 yuan/ton, mainstream clinch a d Read More »

As of March 18, domestic electrolytic aluminum spot inventory was 1.25 million tons, an increase of 228,000 tons compared with February 22.According to historical experience, it will go to the library again in 1-2 weeks.Electrolytic aluminum disk profit "full".As of March 22, Shandong regional profi Read More »