Shanxi Huaxing Completes Aa Calcination Furnace Upgrades
05/11/19 | Alumina
Cnal News Shanxi Huaxing recently completed ultra-low emission environmental upgrades on all three of its alumina calcination furnaces, five days ahead of schedule. The company will now be able to recycle more than 200 t of alumina powder and cut its power consumption by 4 million kWh per annum. Source
Domestic Tin Ore Imports Rebound
04/11/19 | Tin
Alu News China imported 22,553 t of tin ore in September 2019, of which 21,366 t was imported from Myanmar, accounting for 95%. Total tin metal content of China’s tin ore imports from Myanmar in September was 5,100 t, up 65% m-o-m and up 38% y-o-y. Tin content in China’s…
Domestic W Prices Down
04/11/19 | Tungsten
China Commodity Marketplace Downstream tungsten smelters were finding it hard to source low-price tungsten concentrate supplies this week with tungsten concentrate holders having revised their quotations cautiously, unwilling to sell at low prices. Mainstream wolframite (65% WO3) quotations dropped slightly to RMB 90,000~91,000/standard t; scheelite (65% WO3) is at RMB…
Sichuan Aba Al to Resume Full Operations
04/11/19 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Sichuan Aba Aluminium smelter, designed with 200 ktpy primary aluminium capacity, plans to resume 24 ktpy aluminium capacity in mid-November, ramping up to full capacity operations by end-November. The 24 ktpy capacity, was suspended in late August after power supply interruptions caused by mud-slides. Sichuan Aba smelter…
Zhaofeng Will Not Resume Aa Capacity in 2019
04/11/19 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Shanxi Zhaofeng Alumina Refinery designed with 1.1 mtpy alumina capacity has decided not to resume its alumina production this year. According to an internal source, in view of tightening local bauxite supply and estimated natural gas supply shortages during the heating season of 2019~2020 winter, the company…
Domestic Al Inventory down by 12 kt
01/11/19 | Aluminium
Cnal News 31 October: Total domestic aluminium inventory at China’s major store houses dropped by 12 kt from last Thursday to 870 kt, including 150 kt in Shanghai, 231 kt in Wuxi, 298 kt in Nanhai, 46 kt in Hangzhou, 61 kt in Gongyi, 52 kt in Tianjin, 24 kt…
Jinning Al/Mg Suspends Production Cuts
01/11/19 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Jinning Al-Mg New Materials at Zhongning County, Ningxia, designed with 300 ktpy primary aluminium capacity, has decided to suspend production cuts of 100 ktpy capacity. The company originally planned to suspend 100 ktpy primary aluminium capacity in late August and transfer the correspondent capacity to an IM…
Bx Prices on the Rise in Shanxi
01/11/19 | Bauxite
Asian Metal News Local bauxite supply began tightening in early October, which together with pre-stocking activities of local alumina refineries (which began in mid-October) has further shored up bauxite prices in Shanxi. At present, bauxite prices for A/S 5.0 grade stand at RMB 540/t, up RMB 30/t w-o-w, with an…
SMM: China Ni Laterite Imports at 73.5 mln t
31/10/19 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: China’s 2019 nickel laterite imports are expected at 73.5 mln t, of this figure, more than 50% is from the Philippines, and more than 40% is from Indonesia. Indonesia’s NPI output is expected to grow by 35% y-o-y in 2019 and by 11% y-o-y in…
