China’s August Bx Imports: 9.04 mln t
08/10/19 | Bauxite
Cnal News China Customs: China’s August bauxite imports dropped slightly by 6% on-month to 9.04 mln t, but still showed an increase of 14% on-year. Accumulated bauxite imports during the first eight months of 2019 totaled 75.06 mln t, a sharp increase of 30% from the same period last year.…
Prices of W Raw Materials Soar
27/09/19 | Tungsten
China Commodity Marketplace With tightening supply, tungsten concentrate suppliers are holding firm, awaiting further price increases. At present, wolframite (65% WO3) mainstream quotations have climbed to RMB87,000~89,000/standard t; scheelite (65% WO3) is at RMB 86,000~88,000/standard t and tungsten concentrates (50~55% grade) at RMB 83,000~85,000/standard t. Domestic concentrate prices have soared…
Yuanhao Al to Come on Line in Q1 2020
27/09/19 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Guizhou Yuanhao Aluminium, located at Yingyi County, Guizhou and backed by total investment of 2.5 bln, is designed with total aluminium capacity of 330 ktpy (100 ktpy in Phase I). Backed by RMB1 bln investment, the company is planning to bring Phase I, 100 ktpy of primary…
Promising Future for Al Industry Development in Guangxi
27/09/19 | Aluminium
Cnal News Guangxi has bauxite resource reserves 490 mln t, accounting for 48.7% of the national total. With increasing bauxite consumption and problems of ore depletion in Shanxi and Henan, Guangxi, has become a good source of high grade bauxite, with mine life exceeding 15 years. Guangxi’s bauxite mines are…
Emission Upgrades for Heung Kong Wanji
27/09/19 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Heung Kong Wanji, designed with 1.4 mtpy alumina capacity, suspended one 600 ktpy alumina production line last weekend to carry out ultra-low emission upgrades. The company has two 400 ktpy and one 600 ktpy alumina production lines. According to an inside source, the company is…
Luliang Emission Control to Curb Aa 120 kt and Al 1.5 kt
26/09/19 | Alumina
Cnal News Mandatory emission reduction measures implemented in Luliang City will involve 10 local alumina refineries and one primary aluminium smelter. The ten refineries have total completed capacity of 14.95 mtpy (accounting for 57.83% of the Shanxi total and 17.35% of the national total). Of the total completed capacity, 11.55…
Henan Huiyuan Uses Imported Bx
Asian Metal News Henan Huiyuan Aluminium, designed with 800 ktpy alumina capacity, has two 400 ktpy production lines. The company shut down all capacity at the beginning of August due to a sluggish market. The company has been working on HT/LT conversions on one of its production lines, which is…
Guangxi Huasheng to Begin Aa Production in Q2 2020
26/09/19 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Guangxi Huasheng, designed with alumina capacity of 4 mtpy, is a new alumina refinery under the Chalco Group, located at Fangchenggang Port, Guangxi. Phase I of the project, designed with 2 mtpy capacity, comprises two alumina production lines of 1 mtpy each, which began construction in October…
Shanxi Huaxing Suspends 500 ktpy Aa Production Line
26/09/19 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Shanxi Huaxing Aluminium designed with 2 mtpy alumina capacity, comprises two alumina production lines of 500 ktpy each and a 1 mtpy production line. Huaxing suspended operations of one 500 ktpy production line last weekend. Prior to the suspension, total operational capacity at the refinery was 1.5…