Jinzhong Al to Restart One LT Line Late March
25/03/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News East Hope Jinzhong has three alumina production lines, two of which have completed HT/LT conversion, and are capable of consuming 6 mln t of imported bauxite per annum. The company is set to restart an idled LT alumina production line in late March, increasing its imported bauxite…
Nanshan BAI Project Indonesian Progressing
24/03/20 | Alumina
Sina Finance News The alumina evaporator for use of Nanshan’s PT. Bintan Alumina project (BAI) arrived at Bintan Island Indonesia according to schedule. At present unloading and transportation work has been completed and the project is progressing smoothly with an estimation of being online by end-2020. Nanshan’s BAI project was…
Domestic Aa: Production Cuts and Resumptions
24/03/20 | Alumina
China Nonferrous Metals News Aladdiny: Major alumina refineries in Shanxi and Guizhou are still under pressure from bauxite supply shortages; a result of low mining activities due to a lack of workers. Consequently, local refineries in Shanxi and Guizhou including Xinfa Chemicals, Xing’an Chemicals, Senze Coal and Al and Guizhou…
Kaiman Resumes Full Operation of Aa
17/03/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News 17th March: Henan Kaiman, designed with 2.2 mtpy alumina capacity resumed full capacity operations late last week. According to an inside source, the company had previously been running a 70% operational rate during February due to raw material supply shortages. With increased resumptions of local…
Huiyuan Al Postpones Aa Resumption
17/03/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News 17th March: Huiyuan Aluminium, with alumina capacity of 800 ktpy, is postponing its alumina resumption to an undisclosed future date from end-Q2 2020. The company has two alumina productions lines – each with 400ktpy capacity. Huiyuan originally planned to renovate one production line to allow…
Lubei Chemicals Expands Aa Capacity to 2mtpy
17/03/20 | Alumina
Asian Meatal News Lubei Chemicals has decided to expand its alumina capacity from its current level of 1 mtpy to 2 mtpy by end-2021. According to an internal source, the 1 mtpy expansion project commenced construction recently and is scheduled for completion in 18 months. Backed by total…
Domestic Aa Supply to Increase on Rising Prices
16/03/20 | Alumina
Cnal News Raw material supply shortages as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic curtailed domestic alumina capacity by 6.08 mtpy as of early March 2020. Average daily alumina output dropped to 171.5 kt, falling by 16.5 kt from the pre-CNY holiday period. Prior to the CNY holiday (23rd January…
Shenhua: 300 ktpy Aa Extraction Project Passes Assessment
12/03/20 | Alumina
Cnal News Shenhua Group’s Zhunge’er Energy Co. Ltd. 300 ktpy alumina extraction from fly ash project at Ordos, IM has passed assessment organized by the Development and Reform Commission of Inner Mongolia. The project comprises one alumina production line and one primary aluminium production line. Only the alumina production line…
Tianyuan Chemical Resumes Full Aa Production
11/03/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Xiaoyi Tianyuan Chemical, with alumina capacity of 400 ktpy, resumed full operation at the beginning of March 2020, using imported bauxite. Tianyuan Chemical has one alumina production line which originally used domestic bauxite. The company began to use imported bauxite in mid-February 2020 after completing HT/LT conversion…
