Guangxi Baise Mining to Resume 35 ktpy Primary Al Capacity
04/06/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Guangxi Baise Mining Group has five primary aluminium smelters designed with a total of 1.3 mtpy capacity, of which 770 ktpy is presently operational. The company began carrying out maintenance at three smelters last month, involving a total of 35 ktpy capacity and reducing daily output buy…
Al Inventories Continue to Decline
03/06/20 | Aluminium
China Nonferrous Metals News Aladdiny: Aluminium ingot inventories at domestic smelters dropped further by 38.9 kt from last Friday to 220.7 kt on Monday. Aladdiny research shows most domestic smelters are profitable at present and are making fast sales of aluminium ingots before the slack season leads to a gradual…
Yugang Longquan Al Resumes Full Operation
03/06/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Yugang Longquan Aluminium smelter in Henan, designed with 600 ktpy primary aluminium capacity resumed full capacity operation by end-May. The company halted 60 ktpy primary aluminum capacity in November 2019 due to the implementation of the 2019 winter production cut policy (November 2019~March 2020). However the company…
Shandong: Energy Saving Supervision of Five Key Industries
01/06/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 28th May: Department of Industry and Information Technology of Shandong issued “Notice on Energy Conservation Supervision of Key Industries“. The notice provides details about supervision of the implementation of energy consumption quota standards in five key industries during 2019. Industries included are steel, cement, primary aluminum,…
SMM: Domestic Primary Al Inventory Drops
29/05/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 28th May 2020: Total domestic aluminium inventory at China’s major store houses dropped by 86 kt from last Thursday to 893 kt, including 123 kt in Shanghai, 354 kt in Wuxi, 108 kt in Hangzhou, 51 kt in Gongyi, 180 kt in Nanhai, 58 kt in…
Henan: Provincial Emission Standards for Al Industry Pollutants
29/05/20 | Aluminium
China Nonferrous Metals News 19th May 2020: The Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Henan published ‘Emission Standards of Aluminum Industry Pollutants’ (DB41/1952-2020). Henan will apply a more stringent industry standard than the National Standard from 1 June 2020. The standard will come to effect on 1 June 2020 for…
Baotou Al to Start Construction on Al Project Phase III in Q3
28/05/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Baotou Aluminium is set to start construction of Phase III of its primary aluminium project (500 ktpy) in Q3 2020. The company’s two aluminium smelters of 550 ktpy and 800 ktpy capacity are currently running at full capacity. The company will start construction of its phase III…
Improved Profit Margins for Domestic Al Smelters
28/05/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News As of 26th May, SMM data shows domestic primary aluminum smelters having full averaged production costs of RMB12,472/t, seeing profit margins increase to RMB888.4/t – thanks to rising spot aluminium prices and declining raw material costs. Domestic aluminium smelters now have positive margins, reversing losses of…
China’s Bx, Aa and Al Imports in April 2020
27/05/20 | Alumina, Aluminium, Bauxite
Cnal News China imported 9.94 mln t of bauxite in April 2020, up 2% y-o-y but down 1% m-o-m. Guinea remains the largest bauxite supplier to China with 4.82 mln t of exports accounting for 48.51% of total monthly imports. Australia and Indonesia follow with 2.89 mln t and 2.02…
