Gansu Dongxing: 1.7 mtpy Al Capacity
08/01/20 | Aluminium
Alu News Gansu Dongxing Aluminum has a total 1.7 mtpy primary aluminium capacity at its Jiayuguan smelter (1.35 mtpy) and Longxi smelter (350 ktpy). The two smelters have five aluminium production lines comprising 1,400 sets of electrolytic cells of 240 kA, 400 kA and 500 kA respectively. The company has…
Chongqing Shuijiang Aa Refinery: 450 kt Aa in 2019
08/01/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Chongqing Shuijiang alumina refinery, designed with alumina capacity of 800 ktpy, produced 450 kt of alumina in 2019 and is targeting 600 kt output in 2020. Chongqing Shuijiang refinery came online in January 2019, reached full capacity operation in April and originally planned to produce 600 kt…
Guangxi Tiangui Aims for 800 kt Aa Output in 2020
08/01/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Guangxi Tiangui Refinery, a subordinate of Tianshan Aluminium, designed with 800 ktpy alumina capacity in its Phase I, is aiming to produce 800 kt of alumina in 2020. Tiangui refinery started trial operation in late Q3 2019, and precipitation and calcination processes are running smoothly at present.…
Shanxi: Severe Air Pollution Orange (Level II) Alert
Xiaoyi Government 4th January 2020: In view of severe air pollution in Shanxi mid-January, local authorities published a severe air pollution ‘Orange Alert’ (level II), requiring Taiyuan city, 30 key counties and districts of Xinzhou, Luliang, Jinzhong, Yangquan, Linfen, Yuncheng and six other cities to activate responses immediately. It has…
SMM: Aa Supply Glut and 3 mtpy Al Capacity Growth in 2020
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: 2020’s domestic alumina output is expected to rise by 3.4% y-o-y as a result of new capacity from Guangxi and Guizhou gradually coming online during the year. Furthermore, with an estimate of alumina net imports to remain at the same level as 2019, China may…
Sinohydro Bureau 6 Wins Telimele Bx Port Project in Guinea
07/01/20 | Bauxite
Asian Metal News Sinohydro Bureau 6 Co. Ltd, under the Power China Group, has won the rights to develop the Telimele bauxite port project in Guinea. The project, schedule to be completed in 30 months and with a total value of USD259 mln, comprises construction of port, loading/unloading facilities and…
Chalco: First Bx Shipment from Guinea
07/01/20 | Bauxite
Cnal News 5th January 2020, Guinea: 55 kt bauxite produced from Chalco’s Boffa project in Guinea was loaded on COSCO’s (China COSCO Shipping Group) ‘Qushanhai’ vessel and departed for China. After a 40-day journey of 11,600 sea miles, the vessel will arrive at Rizhao Port China, marking the first…
Domestic W Concentrate Prices Firm
06/01/20 | Tungsten
China Commodity Marketplace Domestic tungsten concentrate producers/traders held firm on prices this week, in view of limited supply on few mining activities before the Chinese New Year as well as already low level prices. At present, wolframite (65% grade) mainstream quotations are at RMB88,000~90,000/standard t; scheelite (65% grade) is at…
Laizhou Port: 5.5 mln t of Bx Imports in 2019
06/01/20 | Bauxite
Asian Metal News 2 January 2020: A total of 5.5 mln t of bauxite was imported via Laizhou Port in 2019, surging by 20% y-o-y from 4.6 mln t in 2018. Designed with total throughput capacity of 6 mtpy, 5.5 mln t of bauxite is expected to be imported via…
