Domestic Bx Supply Remains Tight
15/10/19 | Bauxite
Alu News Aladdiny: Domestic bauxite supply remains tight after the National Day Holiday (1~7 October). In Shanxi, bauxite supply contracted further, with prices climbing by RMB 20/t m-o-m, driven by resumption plans of Jiaokou Xinfa and Jinzhong East Hope. At present local bauxite prices are RMB 475~505/t delivered without tax…
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…
Tianyuan Chemical Resumes Aa Productions
14/10/19 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Xiaoyi Tianyuan Chemical, with alumina capacity of 400 ktpy, halted operations due to a production line failure in September, reducing its monthly output to 20 kt. The company completed maintenance on the production line and resumed normal operation immediately last week. Its October alumina output is expected…
Henan Yixiang Resumes Aa Operations
14/10/19 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Henan Yixiang refinery restarted its 600 ktpy alumina production line last week after one week of regular maintenance. Henan Yixiang refinery, designed with 700 ktpy alumina capacity, has a 100 ktpy and a 600 ktpy production line. Only the 600 ktpy production line has been operational in…
SMM: China September Al Output at 2.89 mln t
14/10/19 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China produced 2.89 mln t of primary aluminium in September 2019, down 3.7% on-year. China’s total primary aluminium output reached 26.46 mln during the first nine months of 2019, down 2.1% on-year. An incident at an IM smelter and production cuts by some Shandong and Xinjiang…
SMM: China September Aa Output at 5.4 mln t
14/10/19 | Alumina
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: China produced 5.4 mln t of alumina (MGA) in September, with daily average output at 180 kt. Domestic refineries including Xing’an Chemicals, Shanxi Huaqing, Chalco Zhongzhou and IM Mengxi saw a m-o-m increase in output while others including Sanmenxia East Hope and SPIC Shanxi saw…
Domestic Zn Output on the Rise Driven by High Profits
11/10/19 | Zinc
China Nonferrous Metals News Antaike: China produced 3.29 mln t of refined zinc and zinc alloy products during the first eight months of 2019, up 7.9% y-o-y with September output expected to edge up slightly to 438 kt. Antaike data shows zinc output climbed rapidly during Q2 followed by slower…
Domestic Al Inventory Up by 8 kt
11/10/19 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 10 October: Total domestic aluminium inventory at China’s major store houses increased by 8 kt from last Tuesday to 977 kt, including 172 kt in Shanghai, 274 kt in Wuxi, 305 kt in Nanhai, 52 kt in Hangzhou, 90 kt in Gongyi, 54 kt in Tianjin,…
Henan Zhongmei Resumes Aa Operations
11/10/19 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Henan Zhongmei Alumina refinery, designed with 400 ktpy alumina capacity, suspended its 1,350/day alumina calcination furnace on 20 September in response to environmental requests from local government. The company resumed furnace operations last week after maintenance. The company produced 20 kt of alumina in September and its…