Aba Al Cuts 12% Production
28/08/19 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Sichuan’s Aba Aluminium smelter was forced to cut its capacity by 24 kt or 12% of its total due to the power outages caused by recent mud flows. Overhauls and restarts are scheduled in three months. The smelter produced 190 kt of primary aluminium in 2018…
Xing’an Chemicals: Bx Consumption in Decline
28/08/19 | Bauxite
Asian Metal News Xing’an Chemicals, with alumina capacity of 3 mtpy, can consume up to 7.2 mln t of bauxite per annum. The company began curtailing capacity in the first week of July due to being in loss, cutting bauxite consumption accordingly. The company consumed 600 kt of bauxite for…
China’s July Bx Imports: 9.05 mln t
28/08/19 | Bauxite
Alu News China’s July bauxite imports lifted slightly on-month to 9.05 mln, while accumulated bauxite imports during the first seven months of 2019 totaled 62.7 mln t, an increase of 15.4 mln t from 47.3 mln t during the same period last year. China imported 82.62 mln t of bauxite…
10 ktpy Mg Project for Jincheng Linchun Mg
27/08/19 | Magnesium
China Nonferrous Metals News Jincheng Linchun Magnesium’s 30 ktpy primary magnesium and magnesium alloy project is progressing smoothly, and its 10 ktpy magnesium and magnesium alloy project is scheduled to come on line by end-October 2019. It is an expansion project to the original Weiding Chemicals project, located in Lingchuan,…
Jinning Al-Mg Cuts 100 ktpy Al Capacity
27/08/19 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Jinning Al-Mg New Materials at Zhongning County, Ningxia, designed with 300 ktpy primary aluminium capacity has 280 ktpy in operation. The company lost RMB 100 mln during H1 2019 and is set to cut capacity by 100 ktpy to avoid further losses. The company has been operating…
Soilless in-situ Red Mud Reclamation
27/08/19 | Alumina
Cnal News Recently, technology for soilless in-situ reclamation of red mud (developed by Chalco Zhengzhou Research Institute of Nonferrous Metals) has undergone testing and demonstration after 2 years of laboratory testing. In the next phase, the technology will be applied in Chalco Group alumina refineries. The technology is based on…
Nanshan Al H1 2019 Income Lifts
27/08/19 | Aluminium
Cnal News 26th August: Nanshan Aluminium published its H1 2019 report, stating the company realized RMB 10.5 bln in business income, an increase of 8.97% y-o-y. The company also achieved RMB 768 mln in net profits attributable to shareholders of listed companies – which is a slight decrease of 6.52%…
China July Imports: 5.42 mln t of Ni Laterite and 160 kt of NPI
27/08/19 | Nickel
Alu News China Customs: China imported 5.42 mln t of nickel laterite in July 2019, up 26.77% on-month and up 17.78% on-year. China’s nickel laterite imports during the first seven months of 2019 totaled 26.1 mln t, up 14.61% on-year. China imported 161 kt of NPI in July 2019, up…
Hongqiao Reduces 2019 Al Output Target
27/08/19 | Aluminium
Fubao News Hong Kong-listed China Hongqiao Group (Weiqiao’s listed arm in HK) announced on Friday that it will cut its 2019 aluminium output target by 200~300 kt or 5% on-year due to a typhoon and floods at its Shandong smelters. In addition, the company announced that net profits increased significantly…
