Liaoning Bayuquan Port: 900 kt of Aa Imports in H1 2020
28/05/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Liaoning Bayuquan Port expects to handle 900 kt of alumina imports in H1 2020, a spike from 150 kt for the whole year of 2019. According to an inside source, the company has unloaded 700 kt of imported alumina in the year to date and five to…
Improved Profit Margins for Domestic Al Smelters
28/05/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News As of 26th May, SMM data shows domestic primary aluminum smelters having full averaged production costs of RMB12,472/t, seeing profit margins increase to RMB888.4/t – thanks to rising spot aluminium prices and declining raw material costs. Domestic aluminium smelters now have positive margins, reversing losses of…
China Imports 460.6 kt of Zn Concentrates in April
27/05/20 | Zinc
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China imported 460.6 kt (actual tonnes) of zinc concentrates in April, an increase of 153.6 kt from March, up 156.9% y-o-y, marking a monthly high point. Australia, Peru and South Africa are the top three suppliers to China with exports of 219 kt, 53.5 kt and…
China Imported 240 kt of NPI in April 2020
27/05/20 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China imported 240.7 kt of NPI in April, up 65.43% (95.2 kt) y-o-y but down 26.41% (86.4 kt) m-o-m. Of this figure, NPI imports from Indonesia were 188 kt in April, up 96.86% or 92.5 kt y-o-y. Source
Jinzhong Al Expects 200 kt of Aa Output for May
27/05/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Designed with 3.2 mtpy alumina capacity, East Hope Jinzhong has three alumina production lines, two of which have completed HT/LT conversion, and is currently reliant on imported bauxite. The company has been operating two lines during April and restarted an idled LT line in mid-May, increasing its…
China’s Bx, Aa and Al Imports in April 2020
27/05/20 | Alumina, Aluminium, Bauxite
Cnal News China imported 9.94 mln t of bauxite in April 2020, up 2% y-o-y but down 1% m-o-m. Guinea remains the largest bauxite supplier to China with 4.82 mln t of exports accounting for 48.51% of total monthly imports. Australia and Indonesia follow with 2.89 mln t and 2.02…
China’s NPI Output to Reach 44.5 kt in May
26/05/20 | Nickel
China Nonferrous Metals News China produced 41.3 kt of NPI in April, down 1.55% m-o-m. Of this figure, high-NPI output dropped by 3.16% m-o-m to 34 kt, driven by downstream stainless steel producers’ strong will to keep prices down. Low-NPI output grew by 6.84% m-o-m to 7.1 kt in April.…
MEE: A 2nd Round Central Governmental Environmental Inspections
26/05/20 | Bauxite
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 25th May: The Minister of MEE (the Ministry of Ecological Environment) said that a second round of the second batch of central environmental inspections will be launched this year. Inspection work will focus on the implementation of major decisions of the State Council regarding protection of…
Xinmi Goutang Bx Mine: Environmental Complaints from Locals
26/05/20 | Bauxite
Alu News Local villagers of Goutang have complained about dust and noise pollution caused by the Guojiamen bauxite mine of Henan Xinmi Coal Co., Ltd. The villagers reported that the company failed to comply with required mining processes and have caused massive dust and noise pollution during mining. Since formally…
