Lianyungang Port Suspends Aa Import Unloading
13/01/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Lianyungang Port suspended unloading alumina imports since mid-December 2019. An internal source revealed that after unloading a shipment of 30 kt imported alumina in early December 2019, the service was suspended due to environmental issues with date of resumption yet to be decided. At present, shipments of…
Rizhao Port: 9 mln t Bx Imports in 2019
13/01/20 | Bauxite
Asian Metal News 9 January 2020: A total of 9 mln t of bauxite was imported via Rizhao Port in 2019, surging by 275% y-o-y. Bauxite imports arriving at Rizhao Port are mainly for use of alumina refineries in Shanxi and Henan, whose demand for imported bauxite rose rapidly from…
Al Dross Included in China’s Hazardous Wastes
13/01/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 14 kinds of hazardous wastes have been added to the newly published “List of National Hazardous Wastes (Revised Version, 2nd draft). In terms of the aluminium industry, carbon slag produced during the electrolytic process, dross from the process of transfer, purification, impurity removal, alloying and casting…
SPIC Shanxi – Performance 2019
13/01/20 | Bauxite
Cnal News SPIC Shanxi performed well in 2019 with bauxite supply from its captive mines increasing by 368.2 kt y-o-y. In 2019, SPIC Shanxi’s Ningwu bauxite mine came online, its Wutai mine resumed operations and the mining plan of its Hejiagetai mine passed assessment. Electricity supply from SPIC’s captive power…
SMM: China December Refined Zn Output at 537 kt
10/01/20 | Zinc
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Chia produced 537 kt of refined zinc in December 2019, up 1.18% m-o-m and up 19.76% y-o-y. Most domestic smelters had been running at full capacity driven by high profits during December while some were still on regular maintenance such as Luopig Zinc and Electricity in…
SMM: China December NPI Output at 47.6 kt
10/01/20 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China produced 47.6 kt of NPI (in Ni metal) in December 2019, down 10.36% m-o-m but up 14.91% y-o-y. Several large NPI smelters reduced their operations in December, momentum likely to extend through to January 2020. New shipments of nickel laterite were sparse one month prior…
IM: 10 mtpy Primary Al Capacity by end-2022
10/01/20 | Aluminium
Alu News According to the ‘Implementation Plan for High-quality Development of Traditional Industries in IM’, new or upgraded primary aluminium projects must be installed with large electrolytic cells of 500 kA or above, while smaller cells less than 300 kA will be gradually phased out. An additional 3 mtpy of…
Gansu Changba to Restart 100 ktpy Zn Smelter in Feb. 2020
09/01/20 | Zinc
Alu News Chengzhou Zinc Smelter, part of Gansu Changba Nonferrous Metals Co., Ltd. suspended its 100 ktpy zinc production line and began rectifications in late May 2019 after an SIO2 emission accident. The smelter is set to resume normal operations on 25th February 2020. The smelter typically produces zinc ingots…
SMM: China December Al Output 3.04 mln t
09/01/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: China produced 3.04 mln t of primary aluminium in December 2019, up 1.47% y-o-y, and China’s total primary aluminium output reached 35.43 mln t in 2019, down 1.84% y-o-y. Primary aluminium consumption reached 36.11 mln t, down 1.4% y-o-y. Looking forward to January 2020, SMM…
