The reporter learned from the Nonferrous Metals Industry Association that in 2024, the added value of China's non-ferrous metals industry above designated size will increase by 8.9%, and production and operation will maintain steady growth. The output and investment of major products will both increase compared to the previous year, and the total profit will achieve a significant year-on-year increase. The production of non-ferrous metal products is steadily increasing. In 2024, the production of 10 types of non-ferrous metals reached 79.19 million tons, an increase of 4.3% over the previous year. Among new energy metals, industrial silicon production was 4.975 million tons, an increase of 30.4% over the previous year; The refined cobalt production was 180000 tons, an increase of 14% over the previous year; The production of lithium carbonate was 715000 tons, an increase of 38% over the previous year. The growth rate of fixed assets investment remained at a high level. In 2024, the nonferrous metal industry completed a 24.7% increase in fixed assets investment over the previous year, 12.6 percentage points higher than the national industrial investment growth. Among them, fixed assets investment in mining and dressing industry increased by 26.7% over the previous year, and fixed assets investment in smelting and calendering processing increased by 24.2% over the previous year. The total profit of non-ferrous enterprises above designated size has significantly increased year-on-year. The total profit of non-ferrous metal industrial enterprises above designated size for the whole year of 2024 is expected to be around 420 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of over 10%. In the first 11 months, 11648 large-scale non-ferrous metal industrial enterprises achieved a revenue of 8108.47 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.2%; The total profit reached 388.59 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.1%. (New Society)