Bosai Group Starts New Aa Project in Wanzhou
10/06/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Chongqing Jiulong Wanbo New Materials Co. Ltd. a subordinate of Bosai Group started construction of a 3.6 mtpy alumina project in Wanzhou in late May. Backed by total investment of RMB7.5 bln, the project is designed with 3.6 mtpy capacity, comprising three 1.2 mtpy alumina production lines…
Construction of Bx Stockyard for Guangxi Huasheng Complete
10/06/20 | Bauxite
Sohu News Guangxi Huasheng’s bauxite stockyard in Fangchenggang, covers an area over 110,000 square meters, and is the largest modern bauxite stockyard in Asia. Huasheng refinery is reliant on imported bauxite for alumina refining, and its first imported bauxite shipment from Guinea arrived Yunyue Diaojiang wharf, Fangchenggang Port on 3…
Chalco Huarun Postpones Phase III Primary Al Project
09/06/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Chalco Huarun, designed with 500 ktpy capacity, has postponed the its Phase III aluminium project (125 ktpy) until end June citing electricity price issues. The project was originally set to start on 1st June 2020,. Chalco Huarun came online in Q3 2018 and is currently running at…
Shanxi Huaxing Aa Reaches Full Capacity Operation
09/06/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Chalco Shanxi Huaxing alumina refinery has three alumina production lines; one 1 mtpy and two 500 ktpy lines. The company has reached full capacity operation after resumption of a 500 ktpy alumina production line and increasing bauxite supply from its mines on 1st June. The company is…
SMM: China Domestic Al Output 3.07 mln t in May
09/06/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: China produced 3.07 mln t of primary aluminium in May 2020, up 1% y-o-y. As of end-May, China’s completed primary aluminium capacity reached 41.23 mtpy, with 36.58 mtpy operational – a rate of 88.7%, down 0.2 percentage points m-o-m. As of end-May, domestic operational aluminium…
SMM: China Domestic Aa Output 5.83 mln t in May
09/06/20 | Alumina
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China produced 5.83 mln t of alumina in May 2020, of which 5.58 mln t was SGA, with average daily output of 180 kt, up 0.1% m-o-m but down 6.54% y-o-y. During the first five months of 2020, China produced 27.14 mln t of SGA, down…
Domestic Mg Prices Stable
08/06/20 | Magnesium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 5th June, SMM: Domestic magnesium prices remained stable this week. Mainstream magnesium transaction prices were RMB13,050~13,100/t in Fugu Shaanxi and RMB13,300~13,400/t in Wenxi Shanxi. Domestic magnesium supply has been in decline with the beginning of the maintenance season planned each year. Domestic smelters hold limited stocks,…
Domestic Al Supply Rises, Consumption Slows
08/06/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Domestic aluminium supply has been on the rise over the past two weeks in the wake of new capacity at Shanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan gradually coming online according to schedule, in addition to resumption of previously idled capacities and continual inflow of aluminium imports. A surplus…
Dongxing Al: Records Good Performance in May
08/06/20 | Aluminium
Cnal News In May, Dongxing Aluminium smelter’s liquid aluminium output increased by 600 tonnes m-o-m and its production cost per tonne of aluminium dropped by RMB330/t, achieving a turnaround with positive margins for the month. Dongxing Longxi Aluminium smelter sold all of the liquid aluminium produced in May, with a…
