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Bauxite Market Specialists
CM is a privately owned, independent, global commodity research company specialising across a range of base metals, minor metals and minerals industries. CM is a world leader in the global bauxite market, and publishes its own bauxite price index, CBIX. For information about CBIX and CM’s capability in the global bauxite market, please click the contact us link at the top. CM’s combination of a proven primary research capability and researchers who are approachable, dependable and naturally inquisitive, offers an alternative means of collecting, synthesising and analysing industry data to provide deeper and more revealing insights.
Advisory
Essential analysis and tailored delivery
We’ve learnt over the years that each of our clients is unique, as are their cultures and their particular delivery requirements. CM works closely with each client to tailor deliverables for seamless integration into existing systems or into larger projects or analytical frameworks.
Regular Publications
From knowledge to Insights
Drawing on CM’s vast proprietary databases and extensive industry network, CM now offers a concise range of regular publications, each of which is designed to service a specific industry need, be it data or industry insights, on a daily, weekly, monthly or quarterly basis.
Field Work
Get out to find out
Our field studies are targeted and precise. We know what to look for and how to go about it; our industry networks grow every day.
Magnesium Industry Specialists
CM is a privately owned, independent, global commodity research company specialising across a range of base metals, minor metals and minerals industries. CM is a world leader in the global magnesium industry, having conducted multiple deep-diving assessments focusing on global supply demand, technology developments, logistics and the outlook for prices. CM has been involved in the global magnesium industry for well over 20 years and currently publishes a monthly magnesium market review, which focuses on China’s primary magnesium supply and the key influences driving industry behaviour. For information about CM’s capability in the global magnesium market, please click the contact us link.
Industries We Cover
CM has developed and refined a mature business model based on providing services across the aluminium value chain and servicing the various needs of a wide range of clients. Our aim is to continue improving the model and to develop customized business modules for a selection of other non-ferrous metals. The company is also endeavouring to take on more China-centric industries, thereby utilising its strongest asset.
Everything about Aluminium (Aluminium Value Chain)
CM has a solid reputation across the global aluminium value chain for authoritative, independent and insightful analysis.
Everything about Aluminium (Aluminium Value Chain)
CM has a solid reputation across the global aluminium value chain for authoritative, independent and insightful analysis.
Selective Collection of Metals
Selective Collection of Metals
China-Centric Industries
China-Centric Industries
Industry News
CM collects industry news of various metals on a daily basis in a timely style, which is incorporated into our analysis once verified.
Latrobe Mg’s Victoria Demo Plant Reaches 70% Completion
10/09/26
The Australian Latrobe Magnesium is on the home stretch with construction of its Latrobe Valley Demonstration Plant in Victoria at 70% completion with first magnesium metal production on track to start in H2 2026. This marks significant progress for Phase 1B, which stood at… Read More
Qinghai Salt Lake-led Consortium: RMB 500 mln on Mg Pilot Project
29/08/26
Qinghai Salt Lake Led by Qinghai Salt Lake, a consortium has been formed to implement the pilot-scale industrialization project for salt-lake metallic magnesium, with a total investment of nearly 500 million yuan. The project has completed lab-scale and scale-up trial research and verification in the preliminary… Read More
Xinjiang Banchao: Expansion from 15 ktpy to 30 ktpy
21/07/26
Shaanxi Nonferrous Construction Shaanxi Nonferrous Construction Co., Ltd. (Subsidiary of Xi’an Geological Survey Institute) Awarded General Construction Bid for Xinjiang Banchao Group’s Magnesium Capacity Upgrading Project. Xinjiang Banchao is planning to expand its Phase II Plant I 15ktpy primary Mg to 30ktpy. Read More
Latest Reports
CM has forged a reputation for delivering its analysis and findings in plain, simple language. We can explain the industries, the markets, the key players and provide the right context for our clients to make informed decisions.
China’s Aluminium Value Chain Map 2026
16/06/26
Over the past 20 years, CM has been collecting, reviewing, and analysing data on China’s domestic aluminium value chain. Periodically, we publish a comprehensive map detailing the capacity and location of all alumina refineries and primary aluminium smelters across the country. The new 2026/2027 version has been enhanced to include… Read More
Outlook for the Global Primary Magnesium Market to 2035
30/09/25
Global Primary Magnesium 2035: Growth, Dependence and Divergence Inside the Two-Speed Magnesium Market: One Nation Leads, the Rest Chase. Magnesium is entering a new era, one powered by China’s relentless innovation and reshaped by global industrial demand. The world’s Mg market is now firmly two-speed: China is charging ahead… Read More
Guinea Bauxite Outlook Report, 2025: Growth, Risk and Global Dependence
11/09/25
Guinea Bauxite Outlook Report, 2025: Growth, Risk and Global Dependence Tracking China’s reliance, Guinea’s expansions, and the future of supply Guinea sits at the heart of global bauxite supply. Export capacity keeps expanding, yet the government is also cracking down, by suspending or restricting groups that fail to meet… Read More
