Price Trends - Traditional industry prices show signs of recovery in September, with cement prices in East China rising to 428 CNY/ton, up 3 CNY/ton, and in Southwest China to 479 CNY/ton, up 14 CNY/ton[103] - Steel prices have improved, with rebar price index increasing by 23 CNY/ton to 3312.2 CNY/ton, hot-rolled prices up 15.6 CNY/ton to 3495.4 CNY/ton, and cold-rolled prices up 25.8 CNY/ton to 3980.6 CNY/ton[111][115] - Float glass prices have risen for three consecutive weeks, reaching 1163 CNY/ton, up 3 CNY/ton[123] New Energy Sector - Photovoltaic product price index has increased by 3.29% to 15.2% since July, with polysilicon prices rising 55% to 6.54 USD/kg and domestic polysilicon prices up 41.1% to 6.9 USD/kg[127][130] - Lithium carbonate prices have increased by 20.5% to 72,400 CNY/ton[134] Production and Capacity Utilization - Steel mill capacity utilization rose to 86.03%, up 0.1 percentage points, while rebar capacity utilization increased to 42.95%, up 0.65 percentage points[42][17] - Cement clinker capacity utilization decreased to 53.06%, down 2.63 percentage points[66] Economic Indicators - The average daily output of crude steel in early September was 2.087 million tons, up 140,000 tons from late August, with a year-on-year growth of 7.8%[70] - The average daily output of cement reached 15.759 million tons, up 163,000 tons, with a year-on-year increase of 32.3%[93]