Domestic W Market Stable
10/08/20 | Aluminium, Tungsten
China Commodity Marketplace The upswing in domestic tungsten concentrate prices slowed this week led by continuing lackluster downstream demand after concentrate prices rebounded to RMB85,000/t level. At present, wolframite (65% grade) mainstream quotations are at RMB84,000~86,000/standard t; scheelite (65% grade) is at RMB83,000~85,000/standard t and tungsten concentrates (50~55% grade) at…
Chalco Huarun Postpones Phase III Primary Al Project
09/06/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Chalco Huarun, designed with 500 ktpy capacity, has postponed the its Phase III aluminium project (125 ktpy) until end June citing electricity price issues. The project was originally set to start on 1st June 2020,. Chalco Huarun came online in Q3 2018 and is currently running at…
SMM: China Domestic Al Output 3.07 mln t in May
09/06/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: China produced 3.07 mln t of primary aluminium in May 2020, up 1% y-o-y. As of end-May, China’s completed primary aluminium capacity reached 41.23 mtpy, with 36.58 mtpy operational – a rate of 88.7%, down 0.2 percentage points m-o-m. As of end-May, domestic operational aluminium…
Domestic Al Supply Rises, Consumption Slows
08/06/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Domestic aluminium supply has been on the rise over the past two weeks in the wake of new capacity at Shanxi, Sichuan and Yunnan gradually coming online according to schedule, in addition to resumption of previously idled capacities and continual inflow of aluminium imports. A surplus…
Dongxing Al: Records Good Performance in May
08/06/20 | Aluminium
Cnal News In May, Dongxing Aluminium smelter’s liquid aluminium output increased by 600 tonnes m-o-m and its production cost per tonne of aluminium dropped by RMB330/t, achieving a turnaround with positive margins for the month. Dongxing Longxi Aluminium smelter sold all of the liquid aluminium produced in May, with a…
Yunnan Shenhuo Starts Phase II 150 ktpy Primary Al Project
08/06/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Phase II of Yunnan Shenhuo’s 150 ktpy primary aluminium project formally came online on 1st June and is set to reach full operation in a month’s time. Yunnan Shenhuo, designed with total 450 ktpy capacity, brought phase I (150 ktpy) online in February 2020, reaching full operation…
Heung Kong Wanji Al to Resume Full Capacity Operation
05/06/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metals News Heung Kong Wanji, (Henan), designed with 550 ktpy primary aluminium capacity, resumed 60 ktpy primary aluminum capacity in late May and is set to reach full capacity operation by end-June. The company has suspended 10% of its total primary aluminum capacity since November 2019 due to the…
Lanzhou Al Cuts Carbon Anode Production
04/06/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Lanzhou Aluminium is set to cut its prebake anode production to 14 kt in June, down from 17 kt in May. The company has two calcination furnaces, capable of producing 200 kt of prebake anode per annum. It produced 80 kt of prebake anode in the year…
Wenshan Al: First Batch of Primary Al Output
04/06/20 | Aluminium
Wenshan Local News 3rd June: Yunnan Wenshan Aluminum formally brought Phase I of its 500 ktpy hydro-power and aluminium project online in mid-May 2020 and the first batch of aluminium ingot has been produced. This marks the formal establishment of Wenshan Aluminium’s integrated ‘bauxite-alumina-aluminium-aluminium processing’ industrial chain. The project utilizes…
