Henan Sanmenxia Yixiang Halts 450 ktpy Aa Line
11/02/20 | Alumina
Baichuan News Sanmenxia Yixiang suspended its 450ktpy alumina production line and restarted a small 100 ktpy production line that has previously been under suspension, as a result of recent raw material supply shortage in the wake of the NCP outbreak. If raw material supplies tighten further, the 100 ktpy production…
Domestic Aa Prices On the Rise
11/02/20 | Alumina
Aladdiny News Aladdiny: Coal gas supply for alumina refineries in Henan continues tight, resulting in decreased alumina output in local areas. Henan East Hope Sanmenxia maintained their operation at 1.2 mtpy, while Kaiman Aluminium was at 1.8 mtpy. Heung Kong Wanji cut their operational capacity further to 600 ktpy last…
Yunnan Shenhuo Delays Operational Plan
10/02/20 | Aluminium
Cnal News Yunnan Shenhuo had originally scheduled bringing its 450 ktpy primary aluminium project online immediately after the Chinese New Year Holiday (3 February, 2020), but is now postponing the plan until after 10 February due to quarantined workers. The original commencement date had already been altered slightly due to…
SMM: NCP Interrupts Transportation at Aa Refineries
10/02/20 | Alumina
SMM News SMM: At present, transport to and from alumina refineries is severely disrupted by the spread of NCP (Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia), resulting in slowed new raw material arrivals and deliveries of alumina. Domestic bauxite supply has been short at some refineries, in particular at refineries using HT production lines…
China Moly: 2019 Net Profit Declines
07/02/20 | Molybdenum, Tungsten
East Money News China Moly: The expected range of net profits of the company attributable to shareholders of listed companies is estimated at RMB1.7~ 2 bln for 2019, a decrease of 56.86%~63.33% y-o-y. The main reason for the decline can be attributed to the sharp y-o-y drop in prices of…
Domestic W Market Stagnant
07/02/20 | Tungsten
China Commodity Marketplace 6th February: Ganzhou Tungsten Association announced that due to the outbreak of 2019-nCoV and the extended holiday of most producers, publication of the February tungsten guide price will be delayed. At present, tungsten concentrate supply has been further tightening, showing a bullish market outlook going forward. Jiangxi…
Antaike: Review of Domestic Aa Market
07/02/20 | Alumina
Cnal News At the beginning of 2020, domestic alumina prices stopped falling and were showing an upward trend. Before Chinese New Year (24 January 2020), local refineries in Shanxi, Henan and Shandong were required to suspend alumina calcination processing due to severe air pollution alerts, curtailing overall national output…
China Dec. NPI Imports of 198 kt
06/02/20 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China imported 198 kt of NPI in December 2019, up 64% y-o-y but down 13% m-o-m. Indonesian remains the largest NPI supplier to China with its December exports of 136.5 kt, up 61% y-o-y. Source
Shanxi Xiaoyi Huaqing Cuts 50% Operation
06/02/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News 4th Feb.: Shanxi Xiaoyi Huaqing refinery, designed with alumina capacity of 450 ktpy, cut its operations by 50% two days ago. According to an internal source, the company could not obtain sufficient raw material supply including coal and liquid caustic soda due to interrupted road transport…
