Yunnan Qiya to Start Up Phase I Primary Al Capacity in April
15/01/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Construction of Yunnan Qiya’s hydro-power-primary aluminium project at Xinghe Industrial Park Heqing, Yunnan Province began at the end of 2018. Backed by total investment of RMB2.1 bln from Sichuan Qiya Group, the project has been designed with 700 ktpy primary aluminium capacity which is to be developed…
IM Yunsheng Cuts Mg Ingot Production by 50%
14/01/20 | Magnesium
Asian Metal News IM Yunsheng Magnesium Technology Co. Ltd. has decided to cut its magnesium production by 50% to approximately 20 t per day from 14th January to 12 February 2020. The move comes due to reduced coal supply prior to the Chinese New Year holiday combined with heavy snow…
Bosai Group Ghanaian Mine: 1.2 mln t Bx Output for 2019
14/01/20 | Bauxite
Asian Metal News Bosai’ s bauxite mine in Ghana, designed with 2.4 mtpy bauxite mining capacity, produced 1.6 mln t of bauxite in 2017 and 1.2 mln t in 2019. According to an internal source, Bosai Group mainly sell to the European and American markets instead of China due to…
Baise Mining Group : 300 ktpy Primary Al Operational in 2020
13/01/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Guangxi Baise Mining Group, designed with 1.3 mtpy primary aluminium capacity, has five primary aluminium smelters with a total of 800 ktpy capacity presently in operation. Designed with 300 ktpy primary aluminium capacity each, the Debao smelter is currently operating at 200 ktpy and the Tianlin smelter…
Lianyungang Port Suspends Aa Import Unloading
13/01/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Lianyungang Port suspended unloading alumina imports since mid-December 2019. An internal source revealed that after unloading a shipment of 30 kt imported alumina in early December 2019, the service was suspended due to environmental issues with date of resumption yet to be decided. At present, shipments of…
Rizhao Port: 9 mln t Bx Imports in 2019
13/01/20 | Bauxite
Asian Metal News 9 January 2020: A total of 9 mln t of bauxite was imported via Rizhao Port in 2019, surging by 275% y-o-y. Bauxite imports arriving at Rizhao Port are mainly for use of alumina refineries in Shanxi and Henan, whose demand for imported bauxite rose rapidly from…
Al Dross Included in China’s Hazardous Wastes
13/01/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 14 kinds of hazardous wastes have been added to the newly published “List of National Hazardous Wastes (Revised Version, 2nd draft). In terms of the aluminium industry, carbon slag produced during the electrolytic process, dross from the process of transfer, purification, impurity removal, alloying and casting…
SPIC Shanxi – Performance 2019
13/01/20 | Bauxite
Cnal News SPIC Shanxi performed well in 2019 with bauxite supply from its captive mines increasing by 368.2 kt y-o-y. In 2019, SPIC Shanxi’s Ningwu bauxite mine came online, its Wutai mine resumed operations and the mining plan of its Hejiagetai mine passed assessment. Electricity supply from SPIC’s captive power…
SMM: China December Refined Zn Output at 537 kt
10/01/20 | Zinc
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Chia produced 537 kt of refined zinc in December 2019, up 1.18% m-o-m and up 19.76% y-o-y. Most domestic smelters had been running at full capacity driven by high profits during December while some were still on regular maintenance such as Luopig Zinc and Electricity in…