East Hope Sanmenxia Restarts Two Aa Lines
06/03/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News East Hope Sanmenxia, designed with 2.5 mtpy alumina capacity resumed operations on two alumina production lines in late February after a three-week suspension. East Hope Sanmenxia has five alumina production lines, four of which are operational in normal circumstances. The company suspended two lines due to…
Domestic Bx Inventory Continues to Fall
06/03/20 | Bauxite
Cnal News Domestic bauxite inventory continues to decline in China, falling to 7.66 mln t by end-February 2020, down 36.31% m-o-m and down 30.97% y-o-y. Regionally, inventories levels are: Shanxi 2.96 mln t, Guangxi 1.93 mln t, Henan 1.33 mln t, and Guizhou 1.15 mln t, down by 35.88%,…
Domestic Zn Prices Hovering at Low-end
05/03/20 | Zinc
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Domestic zinc smelters are prepared to cut zinc production as a consequence of mounting inventories of sulfuric acid during March. This is likely to counteract production growth led by resumptions of some southern smelters, resulting in limited overall reductions during the month. On the…
JXTC Ganzhou Resumes Operation
05/03/20 | Tungsten
Asian Metal News JXTC Ganzhou Tungsten Alloy resumed operations on 3rd March after suspending production for all of February. The company is looking at 200 t of FeW (75% min) output for March. JXTC sold 5 t of FeW at RMB160,000/t at the beginning of this week. According…
China Moly Sets 2020 Output Targets
05/03/20 | Tungsten
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 4th March 2020: China Moly announced that the company’s 2020 output target would be 163~200 kt of copper, 14~17 kt of cobalt, 12~15 kt of molybdenum, and 7~9 kt of tungsten (excluding output of Yulu Mining). All tonnages are counted as metal tonnes. Source
Domestic Al Prices Fall on Strong Supply and Weak Demand
05/03/20 | Aluminium
China Nonferrous Metals News Operational domestic primary aluminium capacity rose by 580 ktpy from end-2019 to 37.22 mtpy by end-February 2020. Despite the impact of COVID-19 interrupting the commencement schedule of some new projects, a total of 100 ktpy~200 ktpy primary aluminium capacity is expected to come online or…
Xinhengfeng Al Resumes Operation
04/03/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Xinhengfeng, East Hope’s primary aluminium smelter in Baotou IM, designed with 260 sets of 600kA cells, resumed full capacity operation (500 ktpy) last month. The company halted 50% of its operations in August 2019 due to a busbar short circuit accident. After six-months’ overhaul and maintenance the…
Chalco Zhongzhou to Restart Full Capacity Operation
04/03/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Chalco Zhongzhou, designed with alumina capacity of 2.4 mtpy, comprising five calcination furnaces, is set to resume full capacity operation next week after restarting one idled furnace this Thursday. Over the past two months, four calcination furnaces were in operation and one was under suspension. The company’s…
MIIT: New Al Industry Norm Published
Cnal News 3rd March: MIIT has formulated and published “Aluminium Industry Norm”. The Norm is applicable to the aluminium industry including bauxite mining, alumina refining, primary aluminium smelting and renewable aluminum production that is complete and operational. It is a guide document designed to advance technical progress and standardized development…
