Shanxi: Severe Air Pollution Orange (Level II) Alert
Xiaoyi Government 4th January 2020: In view of severe air pollution in Shanxi mid-January, local authorities published a severe air pollution ‘Orange Alert’ (level II), requiring Taiyuan city, 30 key counties and districts of Xinzhou, Luliang, Jinzhong, Yangquan, Linfen, Yuncheng and six other cities to activate responses immediately. It has…
SMM: Aa Supply Glut and 3 mtpy Al Capacity Growth in 2020
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: 2020’s domestic alumina output is expected to rise by 3.4% y-o-y as a result of new capacity from Guangxi and Guizhou gradually coming online during the year. Furthermore, with an estimate of alumina net imports to remain at the same level as 2019, China may…
Sinohydro Bureau 6 Wins Telimele Bx Port Project in Guinea
07/01/20 | Bauxite
Asian Metal News Sinohydro Bureau 6 Co. Ltd, under the Power China Group, has won the rights to develop the Telimele bauxite port project in Guinea. The project, schedule to be completed in 30 months and with a total value of USD259 mln, comprises construction of port, loading/unloading facilities and…
Chalco: First Bx Shipment from Guinea
07/01/20 | Bauxite
Cnal News 5th January 2020, Guinea: 55 kt bauxite produced from Chalco’s Boffa project in Guinea was loaded on COSCO’s (China COSCO Shipping Group) ‘Qushanhai’ vessel and departed for China. After a 40-day journey of 11,600 sea miles, the vessel will arrive at Rizhao Port China, marking the first…
Domestic W Concentrate Prices Firm
06/01/20 | Tungsten
China Commodity Marketplace Domestic tungsten concentrate producers/traders held firm on prices this week, in view of limited supply on few mining activities before the Chinese New Year as well as already low level prices. At present, wolframite (65% grade) mainstream quotations are at RMB88,000~90,000/standard t; scheelite (65% grade) is at…
Laizhou Port: 5.5 mln t of Bx Imports in 2019
06/01/20 | Bauxite
Asian Metal News 2 January 2020: A total of 5.5 mln t of bauxite was imported via Laizhou Port in 2019, surging by 20% y-o-y from 4.6 mln t in 2018. Designed with total throughput capacity of 6 mtpy, 5.5 mln t of bauxite is expected to be imported via…
Meixin 2019 Al Output at 213 kt
06/01/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Shanxi Meixin Aluminium smelter, designed with 300 ktpy primary aluminium capacity, announced that its 2019 output was 213 kt, approaching their annual production target of 220 kt set at the beginning of 2019. Shaanxi Meixin had brought total 224 sets of 500 kA cells online by end-2018,…
Huaxing 2019 Aa Production at 1.3 mln t
06/01/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Shanxi Huaxing Aluminium (designed with 2 mtpy alumina capacity), produced 1.3 mln t of alumina in 2019 down 32.3% y-o-y from 1.92 mln t in 2018. Huaxing has two alumina production lines of 500 ktpy each and a 1 mtpy line. At present, total alumina capacity in…
Yunnan Heqing Yixin: 210 ktpy Primary Al Project Operational
06/01/20 | Aluminium
My Metal News 3rd January 2020: Heqing Yixin Aluminum Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Yunnan Aluminum Corporation, formally brought its 210 ktpy primary aluminum project online (Phase II), and is looking at full capacity operation by end-Q1 2020. Yixin’s phase I primary aluminium project (220 ktpy) is currently in operation…