China has indicated it will halt exports of sulfuric acid from May, hitting metals and fertilizer industries already strained by raw material bottlenecks resulting from the Iran war.

India’s industrial sector may be staring at a near-term supply shock as sulphuric acid availability tightens, triggered by a combination of geopolitical disruptions and global trade constraints.

TAKE a glass vessel, a porous cell, a zinc rod and a carbon plate, such as are used in the ordinary Leclanché cell (a circular glass vessel of the same capacity is better). Prepare a solution of 20.4 ...

China's sulphuric acid export ban is threatening to disrupt copper, nickel and silver mining operations facing supply chain and logistics pressures Mining operations worldwide are bracing for ...

As the moon hung high in the morning Cincinnati sky, an eccentric aeronaut blasts one last puff of coal gas into his balloon, the "Enterprise." It is April 20, 1861, and just eight days earlier the ...

[SMM Zinc Morning Comment] Overnight, the most-traded SHFE zinc 2605 contract opened higher with a gap at 23,920 yuan/mt. At the beginning of the session, SHFE zinc briefly touched a high of 23,970 ...

The 2026 SMM (21st) Lead & Zinc Conference and Industry Expo opened grandly at Howard Johnson Agile Plaza in Chengdu, Sichuan during March 25–27 2026. Organized by SMM, the event brought together ...

Copper smelters in China churned out a record volume of refined metal last month, as surging prices of byproduct sulfuric ...

Affected by both the escalation of geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East and adjustments to China’s export policies, the global sulfuric acid and upstream raw material (sulfur) markets are ...