Market rumors say Indonesia may relax annual nickel mining quotas (RKAB) in H2; the energy and mineral resources ministry (ESDM) and local media have not confirmed. Unnamed sources say the government could adjust the total annual mining quota mid-year and some miners plan to file for additional quota applications early next month. If enacted, the move would likely ease feedstock tightness for domestic smelters but could exert downward pressure on global nickel prices; the proposal remains highly

YONHAP cited data from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on June 24 showing South Korea received over 10.0 mln foreign visitors in 1H, a record for the period; the 10 mln threshold was crossed roughly one month earlier than in 2023, when it was only reached in mid‑July. May arrivals were 1.95 mln, up 19.4% YoY, and foreign card spending (including online) in May reached 2.1 tln won (≈RMB 9.27 bln), the first monthly card‑spend total above 2.0 tln won since statistics began in Jan 2018.

National Energy Administration data from the national charging facilities monitoring platform show China had 22.497 million EV charging connectors at end‑May 2026, up 44.9% YoY. Public connectors numbered 4.951 million (+25.9% YoY) with aggregate rated power of 242 GW and average power per connector of about 48.89 kW. Private connectors reached 17.546 million (+51.4% YoY); private charging reported installed capacity was 151 million kVA.