[Dazhong Mining and Wanhua jointly build lithium salt project]On March 23, 2026, Dazhong Mining announced that it had signed an investment agreement with the Meishan High tech Industrial Park Management Committee and Wanhua Chemical (Sichuan) Battery Material Technology Co., Ltd. to cooperate in the construction of a lithium salt project with an annual output of 200000 tons in Meishan, Sichuan. According to the agreement, Dazhong Mining will also establish a joint venture subsidiary with Wanhua Battery Materials Company to jointly promote the construction of the first phase of the project.Editor/Yang Meiling
On May 12, 2026, the first shipment of Sino ferrous intermodal cargo by Zhongyu Port Group was shipped from Zhengzhou. The Vietnamese cashew container was transferred to Uzbekistan via Qingdao, and a new cross-border multimodal transport channel was added in Henan.Editor/Gao Xue
In May 2026, the average refining depth of Kazakhstan's three major refineries will increase from 87.4% to 90%. The Atyrau refinery rose to 88%, the Chimkent refinery rose to 88%, and the Pavlodar petrochemical plant rose to 94%. Gasoline production increased to 5.7 million tons, and diesel production increased to 6.1 million tons. Ha Fang plans to further increase it to 94%.Editor/Gao Xue