July 2019: Refined Zinc Output 490.7 kt
12/08/19 | Zinc
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: China produced 490.7 kt of refined zinc in July, down 0.64% on-month but up 20.15% on-year, based on SMM’s survey results putting zinc capacity at 6.085 mln t. SMM revised its figure for national zinc output in June to 493.8 kt. Zinc output continued to…
China’s Al Production Costs Drop Significantly in July 2019
12/08/19 | Aluminium
China Nonferrous Metals News Antaike data shows that the average weighted cost of China’s primary aluminium returned to a downward trend in July. After surveying 75 primary aluminium smelters in China, the average weighted cost of raw materials in July based on market prices was found to be RMB 13,888/t,…
W Price Under Pressure
09/08/19 | Tungsten
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Recently, Qiu Wanyi, Secretary-General of the Ganzhou Tungsten Industry Association, said that the decline in tungsten prices can be attributed to the following three reasons: Lack of confidence in tungsten prices. Lack of confidence as a result of escalation of US-China trade conflicts. Additionally, the…
July 2019: Al Output at 3.07 mln t
09/08/19 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China produced 3.07 mln t of primary aluminium in July 2019, down 2% on-year, with daily average aluminium output of 98.9 kt. China’s total primary aluminium output reached 20.56 mln for the first seven months of 2019, down 1.66% on-year. July saw domestic aluminium capacity growth…
July 2019: Aa Output 5.69 mln t
09/08/19 | Alumina
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News SMM: China produced 5.69 mln t of alumina (MGA) in July, with daily average alumina output of 183.7 kt, a slight drop of 12 kt/day from the previous month. The decline can be chiefly attributed to refinery production cuts during July at Henan Huiyuan, Henan Zhongmei,…
Ganzhou W Association Publishes Guide Prices
08/08/19 | Tungsten
China Commodity Marketplace 6 August: Ganzhou Tungsten Industry Association published its guide prices for tungsten products in August 2019, showing an overall increase on the previous month. The guide price for wolfram concentrate (55% WO3) is RMB 68,500/standard t, up 1,500/t on month, and that for APT is up…
Weiqiao Accomplishes Ultra-low Emission Upgrades
08/08/19 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 7 August: Liu Bingjiang, Director of the Department of Atmosphere of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and a delegation from the Shandong Department of Ecology and Environment visited Weiqiao Group. The site inspection showed Weiqiao has completed ultra-low emission upgrades to its primary aluminium…
Primary Al Smelters’ Production Costs Fall
08/08/19 | Aluminium
China Nonferrous Metals News Antaike’s survey of 75 domestic primary aluminium smelters showed weighted average production cost based on market prices for these smelters was RMB 13,888/t in July, a significant decline of RMB 586/t from June. Meanwhile, July’s average primary aluminium price was RMB 13,796/t, down by RMB 178/t…
Shanxi Xiaoyi: Local Refineries to Cut Aa Operations by 50%
08/08/19 | Alumina
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News 8 August: The local authority of Xiaoyi published the ‘Notice on Environmental Protection during the of the Second National Youth Games’. According to the Notice, Xiaoyi Government will intensify environmental control on the chemical industry from August 8 to 20 2019, by controlling producers’ unorganized…