The 2025 SMM (20th) Lead & Zinc Conference and Industry Expo was successfully held in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province from April 9 to 11, 2025.
The 2025 SMM Conference featured multiple sessions including the Main Forum, Battery Application and Technology Forum, Comprehensive Utilization and Technology Forum for Zinc Secondary Resources, High-Quality Development Forum for the Lead and Zinc Market, “Photovoltaic & Storage + Lead & Zinc” Energy Transition Forum, and the Lead and Zinc Smelting Comprehensive Recovery Technology and Equipment Innovation Forum. It brought together numerous leading enterprises, industry experts, scholars, government officials, and professionals from both China and abroad in the lead and zinc sector. Discussions focused on key topics such as the analysis and outlook of China’s and the global macroeconomic landscape, in-depth reflections under the 2025 expectation of lead and zinc raw materials shifting toward a “looser” supply, the current state and price outlook for the 2025 lead and zinc market, trading opportunities in the lead and zinc market, import and export opportunities for lead/zinc concentrates and ingots, and new directions for improving quality and efficiency in lead and zinc smelting.
As a leading non-ferrous metals trader in China, our company was invited to attend this conference.
Ms. Zhang Xiaomei, Deputy General Manager of the Company and General Manager of the Integrated Trade Department, was invited to attend the 2025 SMM Conference. During the Industry Leaders’ Dialogue segment, she contributed valuable perspectives alongside esteemed industry experts, including Wang Yanchen, Dai Xingzheng, Li Chengji, Zhang Chunqiang, and Chris Galbraith, Senior Analyst from the Market Research Department. The discussion centered on the future trajectory of the lead and zinc markets and the implications of the current Trump 2.0 Era in the U.S. and Western nations for global lead and zinc consumption.
