Qinghai Baihe to Resume 40 ktpy Primary Al
08/11/19 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Qinghai Baihe Aluminium, designed with 500 ktpy primary aluminium capacity is set to resume 400 ktpy capacity within a month. According to an inside source, the company will resume 40 ktpy primary aluminium capacity involving 46 sets of 330kA electrolytic cells mid-November and the restart will take…
Domestic Al Inventory Declines by 17 kt
08/11/19 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 7th November: Total domestic aluminium inventory at China’s major store houses dropped by 17 kt from last Thursday to 853 kt. The figure includes 145 kt in Shanghai, 231 kt in Wuxi, 55 kt in Hangzhou, 58 kt in Gongyi, 279 kt in Nanhai, 53 kt…
SMM: 3.01 mln t Primary Al Output Expected in October
08/11/19 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News As of end-September, China’s annual operational capacity of primary aluminium was 35.05 mtpy, with 5.25 mtpy under suspension or idle and an overall operational rate of 87%. In the wake of improved aluminium prices during October, several smelters in Gansu and Qinghai began to resume production…
Xinjiang Xinfa Resumes 500 ktpy Al Capacity
08/11/19 | Aluminium
Cnal News Xinjiang Xinfa smelter shutdown 500 ktpy of primary aluminium capacity after a liquid aluminum spill in August 2019. The company is now set to restart this capacity on 15th November before ramping up to full capacity operation by end-December. Xinjiang Xinfa has 1.9 mtpy completed primary aluminium capacity…
Sichuan Aba Al to Resume Full Operations
04/11/19 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Sichuan Aba Aluminium smelter, designed with 200 ktpy primary aluminium capacity, plans to resume 24 ktpy aluminium capacity in mid-November, ramping up to full capacity operations by end-November. The 24 ktpy capacity, was suspended in late August after power supply interruptions caused by mud-slides. Sichuan Aba smelter…
Domestic Al Inventory down by 12 kt
01/11/19 | Aluminium
Cnal News 31 October: Total domestic aluminium inventory at China’s major store houses dropped by 12 kt from last Thursday to 870 kt, including 150 kt in Shanghai, 231 kt in Wuxi, 298 kt in Nanhai, 46 kt in Hangzhou, 61 kt in Gongyi, 52 kt in Tianjin, 24 kt…
Jinning Al/Mg Suspends Production Cuts
01/11/19 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Jinning Al-Mg New Materials at Zhongning County, Ningxia, designed with 300 ktpy primary aluminium capacity, has decided to suspend production cuts of 100 ktpy capacity. The company originally planned to suspend 100 ktpy primary aluminium capacity in late August and transfer the correspondent capacity to an IM…
Chalco: Aa Prices Fall and Al Prices Stable
Sina Finance News According to Chalco’s 2019 Q3 report, domestic alumina prices were RMB 3,080 in Q3 2018, RMB 3,068 in Q4 2018, RMB 2,857 in Q1 2019, RMB 2,897 in Q2 2019 and RMB 2,556 in Q3 2019, with prices for Q3 2019 declining by 17% y-o-y and by…
Severe Air Pollution – Orange Alert for Shandong, Henan and Shanxi
Cnal News October 31st: The local authorities of Binzhou, Shandong announced an ‘Orange Alert’, indicating a severe air pollution level II from 31st October to 3rd November. The local authority of Shanxi also announced an ‘Orange Alert’ from 31st October to 4th November for cities including Taiyuan, Jinzhong, Yangquan, Linfen,…
