Huaxing Aluminium: Aa Furnace Upgrades
13/08/19 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Huaxing Aluminium, with annual capacity of 2 mtpy began upgrading one of its alumina furnaces in July, in order to meet with ultra-low emissions standards. The company has three furnaces with daily output at 3,000 t for one furnace and 1,500 t for the other two. A…
Chalco Shanxi: Imported Bx Usage Reaches 55%
13/08/19 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Chalco Shanxi, a major alumina refinery in Shanxi began using imported bauxite in July. 55% of all bauxite used by the company is now imported. The company’s monthly bauxite consumption is typically 350 kt, with 300 kt consumed in July. A company source indicated that they imported…
July 2019: NPI Output 50.7 kt Ni
12/08/19 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: China produced 50.7 kt Ni in July 2019, up 2.57% on-month and up 49.13% on-year. The year-on-year increase was contributed by large-scale maintenance at smelters; a result of environmental inspections in June-July last year. High grade NPI output in July increased by 3.18% from June…
July 2019: Refined Zinc Output 490.7 kt
12/08/19 | Zinc
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: China produced 490.7 kt of refined zinc in July, down 0.64% on-month but up 20.15% on-year, based on SMM’s survey results putting zinc capacity at 6.085 mln t. SMM revised its figure for national zinc output in June to 493.8 kt. Zinc output continued to…
China’s Al Production Costs Drop Significantly in July 2019
12/08/19 | Aluminium
China Nonferrous Metals News Antaike data shows that the average weighted cost of China’s primary aluminium returned to a downward trend in July. After surveying 75 primary aluminium smelters in China, the average weighted cost of raw materials in July based on market prices was found to be RMB 13,888/t,…
W Price Under Pressure
09/08/19 | Tungsten
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Recently, Qiu Wanyi, Secretary-General of the Ganzhou Tungsten Industry Association, said that the decline in tungsten prices can be attributed to the following three reasons: Lack of confidence in tungsten prices. Lack of confidence as a result of escalation of US-China trade conflicts. Additionally, the…
July 2019: Al Output at 3.07 mln t
09/08/19 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China produced 3.07 mln t of primary aluminium in July 2019, down 2% on-year, with daily average aluminium output of 98.9 kt. China’s total primary aluminium output reached 20.56 mln for the first seven months of 2019, down 1.66% on-year. July saw domestic aluminium capacity growth…
July 2019: Aa Output 5.69 mln t
09/08/19 | Alumina
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: China produced 5.69 mln t of alumina (MGA) in July, with daily average alumina output of 183.7 kt, a slight drop of 12 kt/day from the previous month. The decline can be chiefly attributed to refinery production cuts during July at Henan Huiyuan, Henan Zhongmei,…
Ganzhou W Association Publishes Guide Prices
08/08/19 | Tungsten
China Commodity Marketplace 6 August: Ganzhou Tungsten Industry Association published its guide prices for tungsten products in August 2019, showing an overall increase on the previous month. The guide price for wolfram concentrate (55% WO3) is RMB 68,500/standard t, up 1,500/t on month, and that for APT is up…
