Yunnan Shenhuo Postpones Commencement Date
19/09/19 | Aluminium
Cnal News Yunnan Shenhuo smelter, a subordinate of the Henan Shenhuo Group, is slowing project construction due to poor weather. Henan Shenhuo Group has a 920 ktpy quota for primary aluminium smelting, of which 20 ktpy has been replaced/sold to IM Jinlian smelter. The remaining 900 ktpy was replaced/sold to…
Guangxi Xinfa to Resume Al Production
19/09/19 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Guangxi Xinfa, with aluminium capacity of 320ktpy, is planning to resume full capacity operation in mid-September. The company suspended 40 ktpy of aluminium capacity (50 sets of 240 kA electrolytic cells) in mid-June due to a liquid aluminium spill. Maintenance on these cells was completed in mid-August…
Chalco Zhongzhou Resumes Full Aa Operations
19/09/19 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Chalco Zhongzhou, designed with alumina capacity of 2.4 mtpy, resumed full operations at the beginning of September. The company has five calcination furnaces with daily output of 1,350/t each. Environmental upgrades on one furnace was completed by end-August, marking completion of environmental upgrades on three of the…
Pengjin Mg – Xiaxian Shanxi Suspends Operations
19/09/19 | Magnesium
Asian Metal News Pengjin Magnesium at Xiaxian County Shanxi suspended its magnesium production lines in late August in the wake of stringent environmental rules and negative margins. Production costs of Pengjin average RMB15,700/t, which is higher than current market prices. Given a bleak market outlook in addition to excessive market…
China Moly Wins 28.3 kt Fanya APT Bid
19/09/19 | Molybdenum
China Commodity Marketplace 12PM, 17th September: The auction of Fanya’s (Pan-Asian) 28.3 kt APT stocks was completed on the auction platform of the Alibaba Judicial Network. The sales arm of China Moly Co. Ltd. won the bidding for 28.3 kt of APT, with a final transaction price at RMB3.268 bln(approximately…
SPIC Shanxi Halts 500 ktpy Aa Production Line
19/09/19 | Alumina
Asian Metal News SPIC Shanxi, with designed alumina capacity of 3 mtpy across six production lines, suspended operations of one 500 ktpy production line (HT) in late August due to pressure from continuing low prices. The company produced 240 kt of alumina in August and September output is expected to…
Fanya APT Stocks at Auction
17/09/19 | Tungsten
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 16 September: Kunming Intermediate People’s Court of Yunnan auctioned the APT stocks of Fanya (Pan-Asian) on the auction platform of the Alibaba Judicial Network from 10AM September 16 to 10AM September 17, 2019. The auction was for 28 kt of APT in stock at the Ganzhou…
Xing’an Chemicals Restarts Calcination Furnace
17/09/19 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Xing’an Chemicals at Xiaoyi, Shanxi completed maintenance on one of its calcination furnaces (with 1,850 t/day capacity), at the end of August and resumed operation on 5 September. The company, designed with alumina capacity of 3 mtpy, has four calcination furnaces: two 1,350 t/day and two 1,850…
GAL Guizhou Postpones Bx Mining to 2020
17/09/19 | Bauxite
Asian Metal News GAL Group (Guangdong Aluminium Group or Galuminium Group) owns four bauxite deposits at Maochang Town Guizhou, with measured bauxite resource reserves of 180 mln t, capable of sustaining 30 years of mining. The company originally planned to start mining in October 2019, but have decided to…