SMM: Limited Impact of PHEIC on Al Exports
03/02/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: WHO’s announcement of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) is likely to have limited impact on China‘s aluminium exports in comparison to other export sectors such as food and beverages. China is the largest primary aluminum producer and consumer in the world with…
19 Provinces/Cities Announce Holiday Extension
03/02/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 3rd February: As of today, 19 provinces and cities in China have announced an extension of the Chinese New Year Holiday (originally 24 January to 31st February 2020) for another week until 9th February 2020 as the country attempts to halt the spread of the 2019-nCoV.…
Henan Kaiman Stops Using Imported Bx
Asian Metal News 22 January: Henan Kaiman, designed with 2.2 mtpy alumina capacity stopped using imported bauxite early January 2020. According to an inside source, Kaiman presently has five alumina production lines, four are reliant on domestic bauxite. The company started using imported bauxite (gibbsite) after completing the HT/LT conversion…
Domestic W Market Flat
22/01/20 | Tungsten
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Transactions have been stagnant on the domestic tungsten market. Tungsten concentrate prices were firm in the wake of shrinking supply on mine suspensions before the holiday. On the other hand, miners are not keen to sell at the current price of RMB88,000/t, in comparison to the…
China’s Ni Laterite Imports of 4.32 mln t in December
22/01/20 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: China imported 4.32 mln t of nickel laterite in December 2019. Of this figure imports from Indonesia were 2.47 mln t, down 26% m-o-m but up 101% y-o-y. China’s nickel laterite imports from Indonesia have been rising rapidly, with the monthly amount climbing by 100%…
Domestic Al Inventory Increases by 21 kt
22/01/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 20th January: Total domestic aluminium inventory at China’s major store houses increased by 21 kt from last Thursday to 651 kt, including 102 kt in Shanghai, 213 kt in Wuxi, 72 kt in Hangzhou, 50 kt in Gongyi, 139 kt in Nanhai, 58 kt in Tianjin,…
NBS: 2019 Domestic Aa Output of 72.47 mln t
22/01/20 | Alumina
Cnal News NBS: China produced 5.92 mln t of alumina in December 2019, down 5.1% y-o-y, with total 2019 annual output amounting to 72.47 mln t down 1% y-o-y. China’s refined zinc output was 607 kt in December 2019, up 19.5% y-o-y, with total 2019 annual output of 6.24 mln…
Rizhao Port Receives 1st Aa Shipment from Australia
22/01/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Rizhao Port will take delivery of its first imported alumina shipment of 36 kt from Australia this week. According to an internal source, Rizhao port currently has five berths, each capable of loading/unloading 8 kt of imported alumina per day. It has been reported that China’s alumina…
Guangxi Xinfa Restarts One Aa Line
22/01/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Guangxi Xinfa has designed alumina capacity of 3 mtpy, comprising six alumina production lines of 500 ktpy capacity each. The company has been running five lines over the past few months and further suspended one additional line for overhaul in mid-December. The company is looking to restart…
