Domestic W Market Stagnant
07/02/20 | Tungsten
China Commodity Marketplace 6th February: Ganzhou Tungsten Association announced that due to the outbreak of 2019-nCoV and the extended holiday of most producers, publication of the February tungsten guide price will be delayed. At present, tungsten concentrate supply has been further tightening, showing a bullish market outlook going forward. Jiangxi…
Antaike: Review of Domestic Aa Market
07/02/20 | Alumina
Cnal News At the beginning of 2020, domestic alumina prices stopped falling and were showing an upward trend. Before Chinese New Year (24 January 2020), local refineries in Shanxi, Henan and Shandong were required to suspend alumina calcination processing due to severe air pollution alerts, curtailing overall national output…
China Dec. NPI Imports of 198 kt
06/02/20 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China imported 198 kt of NPI in December 2019, up 64% y-o-y but down 13% m-o-m. Indonesian remains the largest NPI supplier to China with its December exports of 136.5 kt, up 61% y-o-y. Source
Shanxi Xiaoyi Huaqing Cuts 50% Operation
06/02/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News 4th Feb.: Shanxi Xiaoyi Huaqing refinery, designed with alumina capacity of 450 ktpy, cut its operations by 50% two days ago. According to an internal source, the company could not obtain sufficient raw material supply including coal and liquid caustic soda due to interrupted road transport…
Review of Domestic Aa Inventory after Chinese New Year
06/02/20 | Alumina
Sina Finance News Aa port inventory: Alumina inventory at Chinese ports totals 882 kt, with 60 kt at Lianyungang Port, 460 kt at Qingdao Port, 37 kt at Rizhao Port, 190 kt at Bayuquan and 135 kt at ports in Guangxi. New alumina arrivals in February 2020 are expected to…
350 ktpy Primary Al Huomei Hongjun Project Progressing
06/02/20 | Aluminium
Sina Finance News Secretary of the Board of Huomei Hongjun announced that the company’s 350 ktpy primary aluminium project has been formally launched with all bidding documents, project design and other supervision paperwork ready for a third-party review and assessment. At present, electricity generated by its captive plants are able…
Aladdiny: 3 mtpy Aa Capacity to be Affected during the Epidemic Period
06/02/20 | Alumina
Aladdiny News Aladdiny: As of 5th February, operations at several domestic alumina refineries have already been impacted due to the outbreak of 2019-nCoV, with logistics, extended holidays at miners/producers, and lack of workers being the main issues. Traffic restrictions are interrupting both raw material arrivals and deliveries of alumina, extended…
SMM: China Domestic Aa Output 5.56 mln t in Jan.
06/02/20
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: China produced 5.56 mln t of alumina (SGA) in January 2020, with daily average output of 179 kt, down 1.12% m-o-m and down 9.36% y-o-y. The decline can be attributed to Guangxi Xinfa reducing its operational capacity to 1.8~2 mtpy in late December 2019 on…
Domestic Primary Al Inventory – 884 kt
04/02/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 3rd February: China’s domestic primary aluminium inventory in social warehouses amounted to 884 kt, up by 194 kt during the Chinese New Year Holiday (23rd January~2nd February 2020). This figure represents a growth of 10 kt from the same period last year. On 3rd Feb, primary…