# Iron

China's top steel group urges domestic pricing in iron ore contracts, while Inlyte Energy successfully tests its first full-scale iron-sodium battery storage system, signaling advancements in both traditional and new energy sectors.

### About Iron
Iron is a fundamental chemical element and a metal, vital for industrial applications and the global economy.  

### Insights
- iron engagements hit 1.2B which is 708% higher than it's daily average.
- iron Sentiment hit a 52-Week high of [--] for the day
- iron Sentiment hit an all time of [--] for the day
- iron Engagements hit a 52-Week high of [-------------] for the day
- iron Engagements hit an all time of [-------------] for the day

### Engagements: [-------------] (24h)
![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:iron/c:line/m:interactions/iv:1d.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/iron/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
Current Value: [-------------]  
Daily Average: [-----------]  
[--] Months: [--------------] -13%  
[--] Year: [--------------] +76%  
1-Year High: [-------------] on 2025-12-23  
1-Year Low: [--] on 2025-12-01  

Engagements by network (24h):
Reddit: [-------]
News: [-----------]
YouTube: [-----------]
TikTok: [----------]
X: [----------]

  
  
### Mentions: [------] (24h)
![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:iron/c:line/m:posts_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/iron/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
Current Value: [------]  
Daily Average: [------]  
[--] Months: [-------] -36%  
[--] Year: [---------] +32%  
1-Year High: [------] on 2025-06-18  
1-Year Low: [--] on 2025-12-01  

Mentions by network (24h):
Reddit: [-----]
News: [--]
YouTube: [------]
TikTok: [-----]
X: [-----]

  
  
### Creators: [------] (24h)
![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:iron/c:line/m:contributors_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/iron/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
[------] unique social accounts have posts mentioning Iron in the last [--] hours which is down 3% from [------] in the previous [--] hours
Daily Average: [------]  
[--] Months: [-------] -36%  
[--] Year: [-------] +20%  
1-Year High: [------] on 2025-06-18  
1-Year Low: [--] on 2025-12-01  
  
  
### Sentiment: 88%
![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:iron/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/iron/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
Current Value: 88%  
Daily Average: 51%  
[--] Months: 99% +42%  
[--] Year: 99% +45%  
1-Year High: 99% on 2025-12-23  
1-Year Low: 7% on 2025-12-01  

Most Supportive Themes:
- Community Building: (40%) Focus on fostering a strong and engaged community around the topic.
- Educational Content: (30%) Providing valuable information and learning opportunities for the audience.
  
Most Critical Themes:
- Market Volatility: (1%) Significant fluctuations in the market are causing concern among investors.
- Regulatory Uncertainty: (1%) Unclear future regulations are creating apprehension and impacting investment decisions.
  

### Top Iron News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours  

*Showing a maximum of [--] news posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*  

"China Steel Group Urges Domestic Pricing in Iron Ore Contracts - Bloomberg Chinas top steel industry group has urged the state-backed iron ore trader China Mineral Resources Group Co. to push for using domestic price benchmarks in supply talks with major miners including BHP Group and Rio Tinto Group"  
[News Link](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-22/china-steel-group-urges-domestic-pricing-in-iron-ore-contracts) [@business](/creator/x/business) 2025-12-22T04:04Z 228.6M followers, 26K engagements


"Inlyte Energy Completes Factory Acceptance Test of First Full-Scale Iron-Sodium Battery Storage System /PRNewswire/ -- Inlyte Energy a manufacturer of iron-sodium battery energy storage systems announced it has successfully completed a factory acceptance test"  
[News Link](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/inlyte-energy-completes-factory-acceptance-test-of-first-full-scale-iron-sodium-battery-storage-system-302639131.html) [@PRNewswire](/creator/x/PRNewswire) 2025-12-22T02:00Z 228.6M followers, [---] engagements


"Iron-sodium grid batteries just took a big step toward US rollout Electrek Inlyte Energy's iron-sodium battery storage system just passed a key factory test with a large US utility in attendance"  
[News Link](https://electrek.co/2025/12/11/iron-sodium-grid-batteries-just-took-a-big-step-toward-us-rollout/) [@michelle0728](/creator/x/michelle0728) 2025-12-22T02:00Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"ASX [---] LIVE: Santa Claus rally lifts ASX; miners rally on record copper gold Broad gains for the ASX 200; Gold hits record high of nearly $US4390; Seven West approves merger; Nick Scali upgrades outlook; NextDC reports contracted utilisation increase. Follow live"  
[News Link](https://www.afr.com/markets/equity-markets/asx-to-jump-gold-oil-prices-rally-20251222-p5npe2) [@FinancialReview](/creator/x/FinancialReview) 2025-12-21T22:08Z 228.6M followers, [----] engagements



### Top Iron Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

*Showing a maximum of [--] top social posts without a LunarCrush subscription.*

"With the way people dey beg online MTN or AIRTEL suppose introduce special data plan for am maybe dem go call am ABEGI PROMO PACKAGE"  
[X Link](https://x.com/6uff_/status/2003229738173890725) [@6uff_](/creator/x/6uff_) 2025-12-22T22:22Z 22.6K followers, 19.3K engagements


"The Iron Mule absolutely wrecks this delivery cutscene in GTA [--] in the funniest way possible 😂 🎥 u/Snypor_"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GTA6Alerts/status/2003209593988522435) [@GTA6Alerts](/creator/x/GTA6Alerts) 2025-12-22T21:02Z 50.4K followers, 61.3K engagements


"I am not sentimental thats why I have just very few friends"  
[X Link](https://x.com/6uff_/status/2003194447069368636) [@6uff_](/creator/x/6uff_) 2025-12-22T20:02Z 22.6K followers, 138.8K engagements


"Greatness no be by fluke. Na runnings. Allow who dey hot flex him hot. E no easy to run am"  
[X Link](https://x.com/6uff_/status/2003192986986029486) [@6uff_](/creator/x/6uff_) 2025-12-22T19:56Z 26.9K followers, 23.2K engagements

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