Chalco Postpones Guinean Boffa Bx Project
15/10/19 | Bauxite
Cnal News 10th October: Speaking at the China Mining Conference in Tianjin, Mr. Wang Dongbo, Deputy Chief of the Mineral Resources Department of Chalco revealed that Chalco has postponed commencement of its Boffa bauxite project in Guinea until Q1 2020. Designed with bauxite mining capacity of 12 mtpy, the project…
China’s August Bx Imports: 9.04 mln t
08/10/19 | Bauxite
Cnal News China Customs: China’s August bauxite imports dropped slightly by 6% on-month to 9.04 mln t, but still showed an increase of 14% on-year. Accumulated bauxite imports during the first eight months of 2019 totaled 75.06 mln t, a sharp increase of 30% from the same period last year.…
Henan Huiyuan Uses Imported Bx
Asian Metal News Henan Huiyuan Aluminium, designed with 800 ktpy alumina capacity, has two 400 ktpy production lines. The company shut down all capacity at the beginning of August due to a sluggish market. The company has been working on HT/LT conversions on one of its production lines, which is…
China August Imports: Bx 9.04 mln t, Aa 120 kt
Alu News China imported 9.04 mln t of bauxite in August 2019, down 6.41% m-o-m but up 14.56% y-o-y. China’s August imports from Guinea were 3.64 mln t, down 19.86% m-o-m, Australia 3.63 mln t, up 7.92% m-o-m, and Indonesia 1.13 mln t, down 13.73% m-o-m. Guinea, Australian and Indonesia…
GAL Guizhou Postpones Bx Mining to 2020
17/09/19 | Bauxite
Asian Metal News GAL Group (Guangdong Aluminium Group or Galuminium Group) owns four bauxite deposits at Maochang Town Guizhou, with measured bauxite resource reserves of 180 mln t, capable of sustaining 30 years of mining. The company originally planned to start mining in October 2019, but have decided to…
Heung Kong Wanji Increases Imported Bx Consumption
12/09/19 | Bauxite
Asian Metal News Imported bauxite consumption at Henan Heung Kong Wanji has increased to 10 kt per day, up by 400 t/day m-o-m. Heung Kong Wanji began HT to LT conversion on its 600 ktpy and 400 ktpy alumina production lines in March and June respectively. At present, conversion…
Indonesia Reported to Resume Ban on Bx Exports
10/09/19 | Bauxite
Cnal News 9 September: According to Mr. Pandjaitan, Minister of the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs of Indonesia, the Government is now working to accelerate resumption of its ban on bauxite exports. Indonesia first imposed a ban on bauxite exports in 2014. China Customs: China imported 8.31…
China August Domestic Bx Consumption Decreases by 3%
09/09/19 | Bauxite
China Nonferrous Metals News China’s domestic bauxite consumption was 6.86 mln t in August 2019, down 3% on-month and down 17.6% on-year. China consumed 61.1 mln t of domestic bauxite during the first eight months of the year, a slide of 6.6% compared with the same period of last year.…
Rizhao Port to Unload 8 mln t of Imported Bx in 2019
06/09/19 | Bauxite
Asian Metal News Shandong Rizhao Port unloaded 6 mln t of imported bauxite in the first eight months of 2019. The port has set its 2019 target of unloading imported bauxite at 8 mln t, a sharp increase from 2.4 mln t in 2018. Imported bauxite at Rizhao Port is…
