Baise Mining Group : 300 ktpy Primary Al Operational in 2020
13/01/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Guangxi Baise Mining Group, designed with 1.3 mtpy primary aluminium capacity, has five primary aluminium smelters with a total of 800 ktpy capacity presently in operation. Designed with 300 ktpy primary aluminium capacity each, the Debao smelter is currently operating at 200 ktpy and the Tianlin smelter…
Al Dross Included in China’s Hazardous Wastes
13/01/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 14 kinds of hazardous wastes have been added to the newly published “List of National Hazardous Wastes (Revised Version, 2nd draft). In terms of the aluminium industry, carbon slag produced during the electrolytic process, dross from the process of transfer, purification, impurity removal, alloying and casting…
IM: 10 mtpy Primary Al Capacity by end-2022
10/01/20 | Aluminium
Alu News According to the ‘Implementation Plan for High-quality Development of Traditional Industries in IM’, new or upgraded primary aluminium projects must be installed with large electrolytic cells of 500 kA or above, while smaller cells less than 300 kA will be gradually phased out. An additional 3 mtpy of…
SMM: China December Al Output 3.04 mln t
09/01/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: China produced 3.04 mln t of primary aluminium in December 2019, up 1.47% y-o-y, and China’s total primary aluminium output reached 35.43 mln t in 2019, down 1.84% y-o-y. Primary aluminium consumption reached 36.11 mln t, down 1.4% y-o-y. Looking forward to January 2020, SMM…
Gansu Dongxing: 1.7 mtpy Al Capacity
08/01/20 | Aluminium
Alu News Gansu Dongxing Aluminum has a total 1.7 mtpy primary aluminium capacity at its Jiayuguan smelter (1.35 mtpy) and Longxi smelter (350 ktpy). The two smelters have five aluminium production lines comprising 1,400 sets of electrolytic cells of 240 kA, 400 kA and 500 kA respectively. The company has…
Shanxi: Severe Air Pollution Orange (Level II) Alert
Xiaoyi Government 4th January 2020: In view of severe air pollution in Shanxi mid-January, local authorities published a severe air pollution ‘Orange Alert’ (level II), requiring Taiyuan city, 30 key counties and districts of Xinzhou, Luliang, Jinzhong, Yangquan, Linfen, Yuncheng and six other cities to activate responses immediately. It has…
SMM: Aa Supply Glut and 3 mtpy Al Capacity Growth in 2020
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: 2020’s domestic alumina output is expected to rise by 3.4% y-o-y as a result of new capacity from Guangxi and Guizhou gradually coming online during the year. Furthermore, with an estimate of alumina net imports to remain at the same level as 2019, China may…
Meixin 2019 Al Output at 213 kt
06/01/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Shanxi Meixin Aluminium smelter, designed with 300 ktpy primary aluminium capacity, announced that its 2019 output was 213 kt, approaching their annual production target of 220 kt set at the beginning of 2019. Shaanxi Meixin had brought total 224 sets of 500 kA cells online by end-2018,…
Yunnan Heqing Yixin: 210 ktpy Primary Al Project Operational
06/01/20 | Aluminium
My Metal News 3rd January 2020: Heqing Yixin Aluminum Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Yunnan Aluminum Corporation, formally brought its 210 ktpy primary aluminum project online (Phase II), and is looking at full capacity operation by end-Q1 2020. Yixin’s phase I primary aluminium project (220 ktpy) is currently in operation…
