Shanxi Xinfa Cuts Operation on Coal Gas Supply Shortage
04/02/20 | Alumina
My Metal News Shanxi Xinfa Xiaoyi alumina refinery suspended one calcination furnace due to a shortage of coal gas recently, curbing capacity by 600~700 ktpy. The time of resumption is as yet to be determined. Xinfa Xiaoyi refinery has designed alumina capacity of 3.6 mtpy with 3.2 mtpy in operation…
China Dec. Bx Imports 8.88 mln t, Aa 406.9 kt
Cnal News China Customs: China imported 8.88 mln t of bauxite in December 2019, up 23% m-o-m and up 23% y-o-y. Australia was the largest bauxite supplier to China with 3.73 mln t. Guinea is in second place with 3.23 mln t exports in December 2019. China imported 406.9 kt…
Henan Kaiman Stops Using Imported Bx
Asian Metal News 22 January: Henan Kaiman, designed with 2.2 mtpy alumina capacity stopped using imported bauxite early January 2020. According to an inside source, Kaiman presently has five alumina production lines, four are reliant on domestic bauxite. The company started using imported bauxite (gibbsite) after completing the HT/LT conversion…
NBS: 2019 Domestic Aa Output of 72.47 mln t
22/01/20 | Alumina
Cnal News NBS: China produced 5.92 mln t of alumina in December 2019, down 5.1% y-o-y, with total 2019 annual output amounting to 72.47 mln t down 1% y-o-y. China’s refined zinc output was 607 kt in December 2019, up 19.5% y-o-y, with total 2019 annual output of 6.24 mln…
Rizhao Port Receives 1st Aa Shipment from Australia
22/01/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Rizhao Port will take delivery of its first imported alumina shipment of 36 kt from Australia this week. According to an internal source, Rizhao port currently has five berths, each capable of loading/unloading 8 kt of imported alumina per day. It has been reported that China’s alumina…
Guangxi Xinfa Restarts One Aa Line
22/01/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Guangxi Xinfa has designed alumina capacity of 3 mtpy, comprising six alumina production lines of 500 ktpy capacity each. The company has been running five lines over the past few months and further suspended one additional line for overhaul in mid-December. The company is looking to restart…
East Hope Sanmenxia Targets 2.4 mln t Output for 2020
21/01/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News East Hope Sanmenxia, designed with 2.5 mtpy alumina capacity is aiming for 2.4 mln t of alumina output in 2020. East Hope produced 120 kt of alumina last December. According to an internal source, the company is currently running at 60% operational rate due to stringent environmental…
Jiaokou Xinghua to Restart 350 ktpy Aa in Feb.
21/01/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Shanxi Jiaokou Xinghua Technology, (under Chalco Group), presently has total alumina capacity of 900 ktpy across two alumina production lines of 350 ktpy (HT) and 550 ktpy (LT) respectively. Due to a further tightening of local bauxite supply, Xinghua suspended the 350 ktpy HT production line in…
Chalco and PT.PP.(Persero)Tbk Consortium: 1 mtpy Aa Project
20/01/20 | Alumina
Alu News The investment consortium of Chalco International and PT.PP.(Persero)Tbk has won an EPC contract for the development of a 1mtpy alumina (SGA) project in Indonesia for Indonesian BAI. The total contract is worth approximately RMB4.93 bln. According to the contract, Chalco International will be responsible for overall project design,…
