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General Administration of Customs: China's imports of iron ore, coal and natural gas increased in the first 11 months. According to customs statistics, in the first 11 months of 2024, China imported 1.124 billion tons of iron ore, up 4.3%, and the average import price (the same below) was 768 yuan per ton, down 3.9%; 506 million tons of crude oil, down by 1.9% to 4,208.8 yuan per ton, up by 0.3%; 490 million tons of coal, up 14.8%, 688.4 yuan per ton, down 12.5%; 120 million tons of natural gas, up by 12% to 3,506.2 yuan per ton, down by 5.8%; 97.09 million tons of soybeans, an increase of 9.4% and a decrease of 15.1% to 3,591.7 yuan per ton; Refined oil reached 44.94 million tons, up by 4.5%, reaching 4,322.9 yuan per ton, up by 4.5%. In addition, 26.333 million tons of plastics with primary shapes were imported, a decrease of 2.4% to 10,800 yuan per ton, a decrease of 0.1%; The unwrought copper and copper products reached 5.127 million tons, up by 1.7% and 67,700 yuan per ton, up by 11.1%.Min Guang: Three people were killed in a safety accident in the company. Min Guang announced that at about 19: 45 on December 9, 2024, in the sintering operation area of Tieqian Division of Sanming Headquarters of the company, hanging materials slipped during the operation of hanging materials in the handling bin, resulting in a safety accident in which three workers were killed. The cause of the accident is under further investigation. The company will fully cooperate with the accident investigation and follow-up work, draw lessons from the accident, intensify the investigation of major risks and hidden dangers, further strengthen the management of production safety, and prevent similar accidents from happening again. At present, the company's production and operation are normal and orderly. According to preliminary prediction, this accident will not have a significant adverse impact on the company's operation.Huaxi Energy: There were 35 lawsuits and arbitrations in 12 consecutive months, with a total amount of 113 million yuan.

Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesman: There should be no foreign interference in Syria.The first general airport in Xiangyang, Hubei Province was approved, and the Zaoyang General Airport in Xiangyang City was recently approved by the Hubei Provincial Development and Reform Commission. This is the first general airport approved by Xiangyang City, which is of great significance for accelerating the construction of low-altitude infrastructure, promoting the development of general aviation industry and improving the comprehensive transportation network.Shengquan Group: It plans to buy back shares at a price of 250 million yuan to 500 million yuan. Shengquan Group announced that it plans to buy back shares by centralized bidding, and the estimated repurchase amount is 250 million yuan to 500 million yuan. The sources of funds are self-owned funds and special loans for stock repurchase. The repurchase price does not exceed 32 yuan/share, and the repurchased shares will be used for employee stock ownership plan or equity incentive. The repurchase period is 12 months from the date when the board of directors deliberated and approved this repurchase plan. The controlling shareholder, actual controller and Dong Jiangao of the company have no plans to reduce their holdings in the next 3 months and 6 months.

Daiwa Capital Markets: The price of lithium may fall further in the first half of 2025. Daiwa Capital Markets said in a research report to customers that the global lithium supply is expected to increase by 12-28% in 2025-2026, which is due to the increase in production in major regions such as Argentina, Australia and Africa. However, the team warned that lithium prices may still be under pressure due to oversupply. At present, the price of LCE (lithium carbonate equivalent) in China is about 78,000 yuan/ton, but Yamato predicts that the price of LCE will be reduced to 75,000 yuan/ton by 2025 due to the increase in the output of low-cost mines. Yamato said: "The current price of lithium is not enough to prevent low-cost mines from increasing production." The demand for lithium, especially for electric vehicles (EV) and energy storage systems (ESS), is expected to slow down. Yamato believes that the slowdown in demand growth, coupled with the increase in supply, indicates that lithium prices may be difficult to maintain their recent highs.Dahang Transition: The design scheme of the reusable rocket "Tiong-1" with "chopsticks clip" passed the pre-evaluation. On December 10th, according to the news of Dahang Transition, Dahang Transition recently organized a pre-evaluation meeting on the design scheme of Tiong-1 reusable liquid launch vehicle (code "YQ-1") in Beijing. The judging panel, composed of 11 well-known experts in the aerospace field, agreed that the design scheme of Transition-1 carrier rocket was reasonable and feasible, and agreed to pass the evaluation.Traders closed the US federal funds rate in future positions before the release of key data. The federal funds futures market continued to be active on Monday, and capital flows were sold off in the US market in early trading. Then the open positions of January and February contracts fell, indicating that the market closed before the release of November CPI data on Wednesday.