This edition of the Nonferrous Beat contains a wealth of information about recent developments in China, how those changes have brought the flow of U.S. nonferrous scrap exports to China, the lowest levels in more than a decade, and how primary and secondary commodity markets are reacting to today’s shifting landscape.

The China Nonferrous Metals Association Recycling Metal Branch (CMRA) held its annual convention from November 8-9 in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou.

China's General Administration of Customs (GAC) published the list on November 7 of pre-shipment inspection agencies (PSIA) approved to conduct pre-shipment inspections on scrap materials prepared for export to China.

The plunge in U.S. exports of non-metallic scrap commodities to China is now firmly showing up in the nonferrous trade data.

Wood Mackenzie reports that mining project investments have held around $40 billion for the third straight year. This is down more than $120 billion from 2012 and about a third of what it averaged a decade ago.

Now that Election Day has passed, legislators in many states will begin prefiling bills for the 2019 session.