前5 个月，物流与生产资料市场运行基本平稳、结构优化。一方面，市场规模增速稳中小幅回落，但保持较快增长；另一方面，在增速回落的同时，市场结构向好转变、流通方式加快转型。 当前市场运行出现积极变化，PMI 指数持续回升，升幅扩大；市场需求回升，供需关系趋向改善，价格回稳；企业原材料补库趋于积极，开工率有所回升；就业形势稳中有升。预计后期经济走势趋稳。但经济回升动力仍需巩固，经济活力仍需加强。

Shanghai Futures Exchange Plans to Introduce Tin, Nickel, Alumina, Stainless steel, and Rare Earth Varieties Into the Futures Market. Nonferrous Metal Industry Becomes Concentrated Sector of M&A. Chinese Capital Built the Biggest Nickel Factory in Indonesia to Cope with Raw Ore Export Ban. Chinalco Signed Agreement with Guangxi Autonomous Region to Drive Forward Cooperation in Investment Project. Suntown Technology will Finish the Construction of 200,000 T/A Aluminum Foil Production Base. Ningbo is Becoming a New Concentration Ground of Copper Cathode.The “Standardization Conditions for Copper Smelting Industry” will Soon Be Published, Large Copper Manufacturers Will Become Beneficiary.The Growth of Investment in China’s Nonferrous Metal Industry Shrank, and For the First Time Dropped Below that of Fixed Asset Investment.Shanxi Provincial Government and CHINALCO Signed Strategic Cooperation Framework Agreement For the Construction of Aluminum Recycling Industry Base.

Copper scrap is also called scrap copper, based on its source it can be divided into new copper scrap and old copper scrap. New copper scrap refers to waste materials generated in the process of copper industrial production; old copper scrap refers to copper scrap recycled from discarded articles, such as copper wire recycled from old cables, household electrical appliance, electric motor, as well as copper water pipe used in buildings etc.

Forging is a process in which metals are shaped into desired designs by applying compressive forces. This technique is very robust compared to a number of other metal shaping techniques because of the strength acquired by the metal during forging. Some metals are processed hot while others are processed cold. There are a number of forging methods such as closed die, press, and upset forging; open die forging; cold forging; and closed die forging for non-ferrous metals. The Automotive industry is the major end-user of forged products followed by Engineering Machinery and Railway industries.

一季度，国际原油价格走势为倒“V”字型。国际油价从1月份开始，一直保持上涨趋势，从93,93点上涨到100点以上，在3月初时，国际原油价格突破了100点，达到最高点101.25美元/桶，价格出现转折，开始微幅下跌，在3月中旬时下降到3月最低点95.8美元/桶，价格又出现小幅上涨态势，直到季末收报为98.71美元/桶。从一季度整体表现来看，原油价格一直处于高位，大体保持在95美元/桶以上。