Iran Foreign Ministry spokesman said Oman's foreign minister's visit to Tehran is unrelated to Pakistan Army chief Munir's visit.

On an Aug. 23 conference call Zhongji Xuchuang said material supply is tight due to faster-than-expected downstream demand and slower upstream capacity expansion. Some input costs have risen, but price increases for the company’s high-volume products were limited because contracts are largely locked and order volumes confer pricing advantage. The company said product price declines on upcoming customer deliveries will be moderate, not the sharp drops cited in market rumors. It expects to control costs and lift gross margins through technical measures and a new-product volume ramp in 2027.

Shanghai Stock Exchange and China Securities Index Co. will publish the STAR Market Battery Theme Index on Aug 25, 2026, creating a new investable benchmark for battery-related securities on the STAR Market. The index will include STAR Market-listed companies whose businesses span power batteries, energy-storage batteries, consumer-electronics batteries and emerging battery technologies, covering upstream and downstream supply‑chain securities to reflect the sector’s overall performance.