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2026-05-27 09:41:23
[National Bureau of Statistics: Rapid Development of Emerging Industries Drives Significant Growth in Demand for Non-ferrous Metals such as Aluminum, Copper, Gold, and Lithium in January-April] Yu Weining, Chief Statistician of the Industrial Statistics Department of the National Bureau of Statistics, explained the industrial enterprise profit data for January-April 2026, stating that profits in the raw materials manufacturing sector continued to accelerate. In January-April, profits of large-scale raw materials manufacturing enterprises increased by 88.1% year-on-year, 10.2 percentage points faster than in January-March, contributing 10.3 percentage points to the overall profit growth of large-scale industrial enterprises. From an industry perspective, rising international crude oil prices led to price increases in related industrial chain products. The petroleum processing industry turned a profit year-on-year, achieving a total profit of 40.42 billion yuan. The chemical industry's profits increased by 73.4%, 18.9 percentage points faster than in January-March. The rapid development of emerging industries such as new energy, artificial intelligence, and next-generation information technology drove a significant increase in demand for non-ferrous metals such as aluminum, copper, gold, and lithium, pushing the non-ferrous metals industry's profits up by 117.8%, 1.1 percentage points faster.
