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…
Meixin 2019 Al Output at 213 kt
06/01/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Shanxi Meixin Aluminium smelter, designed with 300 ktpy primary aluminium capacity, announced that its 2019 output was 213 kt, approaching their annual production target of 220 kt set at the beginning of 2019. Shaanxi Meixin had brought total 224 sets of 500 kA cells online by end-2018,…
Huaxing 2019 Aa Production at 1.3 mln t
06/01/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Shanxi Huaxing Aluminium (designed with 2 mtpy alumina capacity), produced 1.3 mln t of alumina in 2019 down 32.3% y-o-y from 1.92 mln t in 2018. Huaxing has two alumina production lines of 500 ktpy each and a 1 mtpy line. At present, total alumina capacity in…
Yunnan Heqing Yixin: 210 ktpy Primary Al Project Operational
06/01/20 | Aluminium
My Metal News 3rd January 2020: Heqing Yixin Aluminum Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Yunnan Aluminum Corporation, formally brought its 210 ktpy primary aluminum project online (Phase II), and is looking at full capacity operation by end-Q1 2020. Yixin’s phase I primary aluminium project (220 ktpy) is currently in operation…
Tianshan Al : First Guinean Bx Shipment Arrives Fangchenggang Port
06/01/20 | Bauxite
My Metal News 3rd January 2020: Tianshan Aluminium’s first Guinean bauxite shipment, transported by Jizhong Energy International Logistics arrived at Fangchenggang Port Guangxi; also the first arrival of a 170 kt CAPE vessel at Fangchenggang. The shipment departed Guinea on 12th November, arriving at Fangchengang Port after a 51-day journey…
Domestic Al Inventory on the Rise
03/01/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 2nd January: Total domestic aluminium inventory at China’s major store houses increased by 18 kt from last Thursday to 610 kt, including 114 kt in Shanghai, 184 kt in Wuxi, 128 kt in Nanhai, 53 kt in Hangzhou, 55 kt in Gongyi, 57 kt in Tianjin,…
Severe Air Pollution – Orange Alert Liaocheng Shandong and Luoyang Henan
Cnal News 2nd January: The local authorities of Binzhou, Shandong announced an ‘Orange Alert’, indicating the beginning of a severe air pollution level II, however date of alert alleviation is, as yet, unclear. During the alert period, measures to be taken by the aluminium industry include: Alumina: -) Clinker and…
Jisco: 2020 Al Output Target 1.55 mln t
03/01/20 | Aluminium
Cnal News Jisco is aiming to produce 7.3 mln t of iron, 8.5 mln t of steel, 8.35 mln t of steel products (including 900 kt of stainless steel products), and 1.55 mln t of primary aluminium in 2020. Furthermore, Jisco is set to generate 22 bln kWh of electricity…
