President Conde Asks Foreign Miners to Build Aa Refinery in Guinea
13/05/19 | Bauxite
Ministry of Commerce Guinean president Alpha Conde has announced that all foreign bauxite miners operating in Guinea with a minimum bauxite mining capacity of 15 mtpy per annum must invest in development of local alumina refineries in a bid to increase the added industrial value and help industrialization in Guinea.…
6.6 mtpy Aa Capacity to be Suspended in Shanxi on Environmental Issues
11/05/19 | Alumina
Asia Metals News Asia Metals: An investigation into red-mud leak problems at Xiaoyi and Jiaokou, Shanxi Province is currently underway. Three alumina refineries including Shanxi Xiaoyi Huaqing Aluminium, Xinfa Feimei Aluminium Co. Ltd and Xinfa Jiaokou Aluminium Co. Ltd. are likely to be forced to halt all operations, involving alumina…
MIIT: Strict Control of Primary Al Capacity Continues
10/05/19 | Aluminium
China Nonferrous Metals News 7 May, 2019: MIIT called on a meeting involving 13 key aluminium producers and CNIA (China Nonferrous Metals Association) to review the current industry status and outlook. Attendees included: Chalco Group, SPIC Group, Weiqiao Group, Liaoning Zhongwang Group and some other producers. Meeting participants indicated that…
April 2019: Aa Output 5.81 mln t
09/05/19 | Alumina
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: China produced 5.81 mln t of alumina (MGA) in April, up 0.1% on-year with annual operational capacity at 70.64 mtpy. China’s daily average alumina output for April was 194 kt, the same as that in March. China’s total alumina output during the first four months…
Luliang Feimei Al Under Investigation on Red Mud Leak
09/05/19 | Alumina
Sina News The Xinfa Feimei Aluminium Co. Ltd at Luliang Shanxi is currently under investigation regarding an alleged red-mud leak at its 2.4 mtpy alumina project. The Information Office of the Jiaokou government revealed that an investigation team has been dispatched to site and investigation work is ongoing, rectification work…
Guizhou Huaren Running at Full 500 ktpy Capacity
08/05/19 | Aluminium
Cnal News 29th April: Guizhou Huaren powered up electrolytic cell #1303, the final cell added to its current production line after 612 days of construction. At present, Guizhou Huaren is operating at its full designed capacity of 500 ktpy. Read More
April 2019: Al Output at 2.89 mln t
08/05/19 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China produced 2.89 mln t of primary aluminium in April 2019, down 2.08% on-year. China’s total primary aluminium output reached 11.52 mln t during the first four months of 2019, down 1.42% on-year. Annual operational capacity has been relatively low due to continued losses experienced by…
Hunan Nanfang Tin Resumes Operation
08/05/19 | Tin
Alu News Nanfang Tin Mining Co., Ltd. resumed tin concentrate production at the end of April 2019. The company has been designed to have a 4 kt (in tin metal) of tin concentrate production capacity at minimum 60% grade. The previous 3-month suspension curbed tin concentrate output (at minimum 60%…
Shanxi Targets 1.1 mln t of Primary Al Output in 2019
06/05/19 | Aluminium
Cnal News The Shanxi Provincial government recently published ‘2019 Action Plan for the Transformation and Upgrading of the Nonferrous Metals Industry in Shanxi’. The document stipulates that Shanxi is set to produce 1.1 mln t of primary aluminium, 200 kt of cathode copper and 100 kt of primary magnesium in…
