Qinghai Materials Overhauls 13 ktpy Al Capacity
03/04/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Qinghai Materials or Qinghai Supply and Investment Group Al Branch, a 100 ktpy aluminium smelter in Qinghai is prepared to run maintenance on 13 ktpy aluminium capacity, involving 20 sets of 240 kA cells. According to an inside source, these cells have been in operation for eight…
IM Erdos Resumes Aa Operation
03/04/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News IM Mengxi Alumina refinery has resumed full capacity operation since mid-March – 200 ktpy – using imported bauxite. Mengxi refinery was forced to suspend operations in late February as the spread of COVID-19 interrupted road transports. The company is reliant on imported bauxite to be trucked in…
Zhongmei Runs Overhaul on Aa Calcination Furnace
03/04/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Henan Zhongmei, designed with 400 ktpy alumina capacity, began maintenance on its alumina calcination furnace last week and the time of completion is undecided yet. The company has two 200 ktpy alumina production line and one alumina calcination furnace, but only one production line has been operational…
SPIC Guizhou: 1 mtpy Aa Project Operational in April
03/04/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News SPIC Guizhou is set to bringing its 1 mtpy alumina project on line in April 2020. The company completed construction of its 1 mtpy alumina project in June 2019 and carried out trial operations in July. However the project has been suspended due to some technical issues…
Domestic W Market Remains Weak
02/04/20 | Tungsten
China Commodity Market Place The domestic tungsten concentrate market remained weak, seeing tungsten concentrate prices consolidating after falling below RMB80,000/t during the week. However given continued lackluster downstream demand, domestic tungsten prices have the potential to fall further going forward. Mainstream wolframite (65% WO3 grade) prices dropped to RMB 80,000~82,000/t,…
Domestic Mg Prices Drop
02/04/20 | Magnesium
China Nonferrous Metals News As of 27th March, primary magnesium ingot (99.9% grade) was being quoted between RMB 13,700/t tax inclusive by cash in Fugu Shaanxi, and concluded between RMB13,650~13,700/t. Domestic magnesium prices plummeted by RMB200~300/t from the previous Friday, and closed at the lowest level since February 2017. Market…
Domestic Al Smelters to Cut Production Further
02/04/20 | Aluminium
China Nonferrous Metals News Aladdiny: As of 30th March, domestic primary aluminium production cuts amounted to 400.3 kt (including uncompleted cuts). Of this figure, Chalco Shanxi New Materials made cuts of 70 kt and Dongxing Aluminium smelter cut production by 132 kt. Several large smelters in IM, Shandong and Yunnan…
Domestic Aa Prices to Dip Further
01/04/20 | Alumina
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Domestic aluminium smelters cut orders on a bleak market outlook in the mid-long term as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the world outside of China. Refiners have been holding firm on prices given relatively small amounts of inventory. The combination of these two…
Yixiang Restarts 600 ktpy Aa Line
01/04/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Sanmenxia Yixiang Alumina refinery in Henan, designed with 700 ktpy alumina capacity (non-SGA), restarted a 600 ktpy production line last week. The company has one 100 ktpy and one 600 ktpy production line of which only the 100 ktpy line was in operation during February 2020…
