Guangxi Xinfa to Resume Al Production
16/08/19 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News 15th Aug: Guangxi Xinfa, with aluminium capacity of 320 ktpy began resuming production with 40 ktpy capacity early this week. According to a company source, the 40 ktpy aluminium production line with 50 sets of 240 kA electrolytic cells was suspended due to an accident in mid-June.…
Chalco Zhongzhou Al: Furnace Maintenance
16/08/19 | Alumina
Asian Metal News 15th Aug: Chalco Zhongzhou Aluminium, with alumina capacity of 2.4 mtpy, expects to complete maintenance on one of its alumina calcination furnaces by the end of this month. According to an inside source, the company has five calcination furnaces with daily output of 1,350 t each. One…
JISCO: First Hazardous Waste Disposal Production Line Operational
15/08/19 | Aluminium
China Nonferrous Metals News 14th Aug: JISCO Runyuan Environmental Resources Technology Co., Ltd. has begun operating its first hazardous waste disposal production line, the largest of its type for disposal of waste electrolytic cell lining in China. At present, the production line is running at an annual processing capacity of…
Average Daily Al Output Falls
15/08/19 | Aluminium
Cnal News 14th Aug: According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday, average daily output of primary aluminium in China fell in July. One large aluminium smelter in the northeast region has reportedly shut down, offsetting the impact of increased production in other regions. NBS’s…
Guangxi Jingxi Tiangui: 800 ktpy Aa Project
15/08/19 | Alumina
Asian Metal News 15th Aug: Jingxi Tiangui Aluminium, with designed alumina capacity of 800 ktpy in the first phase of its alumina project, will begin production in mid-September this year. The company postponed starting production from the end of August to mid-September, due to technical upgrades. According to a company…
CAAM: China’s New Energy Vehicles Production and Sales Fell 6.9% and 4.7%
14/08/19 | EV
Cnal News 12th Aug: China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) released data on production and sales for July. China produced 84,000 new energy vehicles, down 37.2% on-month and 6.9% on-year. The sales volume was 80,000, down 47.5% on-month and down 4.7% on-year. The decline in pure electric vehicle was more…
Sierra Leone to Export 1 mln t of Bx to China
14/08/19 | Bauxite
Asian Metal News 14th Aug: Sierra Mineral Holdings Limited, a major bauxite producer in Sierra Leone has announced plans to export 1 mln t of bauxite to China by 2020. The company, with bauxite capacity of 2 mtpy, has exported bauxite to an alumina refinery in Romania. According to a…
China’s Domestic Bx Consumption Decreases by 3%
14/08/19 | Bauxite
Cnal News China’s domestic bauxite consumption was 54.2 mln t during the first seven months of 2019, a slide of 5% compared with the same period of last year, with 7.07 mln t in July, down 3% on-month and down 12.2% on-year. The data shows that in July consumption of…
July 2019: Refined Tin Output 12.566 kt
13/08/19 | Tin
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: China produced 12.566 kt of refined tin in July 2019, down 2.1% on the previous month. The decline in output was mainly attributable to production cuts by several smelters in Yunnan due to a shortage of raw materials, and reduced production in Jiangxi due to…
