SPIC Restarts Kuancaoping Bx Mine Development at Ningwu Shanxi
22/04/19 | Bauxite
China Nonferrous Metals News 20th April, Shanxi Aluminium Co. Ltd. (a subordinate of SPIC Group) has restarted the Kuancaoping bauxite mine development project at Ningwu Shanxi. Kuancaoping is one of the bauxite mines that have been allocated to Shanxi Aluminium, with a mining permit initially granted in 2004. Construction of…
Daily Aa Delivery of Shanxi Huaxing Exceeds 1.5 kt
04/04/19 | Alumina
Cnal News Shanxi Huaxing Aluminium’s alumina delivery to its Baotou smelter exceeded 1.55 kt per day on 29th March and 30th March 2019, exceeding daily delivery targets set on 6th March. On the 6th March, the company set a daily delivery target at 1.5 kt from Shanxi Huaxing to its…
Xiamen Tungsten: Operation Income Increases in Q1 2019
02/04/19 | Tungsten
China Commodity Marketplace 19th April: Xiamen Tungsten released its Q1 report 2019, forecasting an operating income of RMB 3.81 bln, up 11.68% on-year; a net loss attributable to shareholders of listed companies of RMB 26.26 mln compared with a net profit of RMB 30.05 mln in the same period last…
Domestic Bx Prices Decline
02/04/19 | Bauxite
Aladdiny News This week (25~29 March): Domestic alumina prices continued their downward trend during the week, seeing transaction prices in the northern market falling under RMB 2,700/t and bearing down upon domestic bauxite prices. In addition, February’s single-month bauxite import record of 8.89 mln t is indicative of increased usage…
Domestic Tin Output Remains Flat in 2019
22/03/19 | Tin
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Domestic tin ore supply is unlikely to grow in 2019 due to limited growth expected in major producing regions. In southern China, tin ore mining is largely limited by environmental audits and safety checks. In IM, Yinman Mining with a 6 kt expansion plan in 2018,…
JDC Resumes Operation after Accident
21/03/19 | Molybdenum
China Nonferrous Metals News 12th February 2019: Due to an accident at the wet-process acid plant of the Molybdenum Furnace Products Division of JDC Molybdenum Co. Ltd., the company suspended operations at its molybdenum furnace production lines. From 20th March, after repairing and upgrading the problematic production lines, the company…
Nine Graphite Development Projects Restart in Jixi Heilongjiang
21/03/19 | Graphite
China Mining News Recently, backed by a RMB 5.87 bln investment, RMB 1.4 bln of which is to be invested in 2019; nine graphite development projects are to restart in Jixi Heilongjiang. Heilongjiang Jixi Pride New Material Co. Ltd.’s lithium ion battery anode material and graphite deep processing project is…
Domestic Mg Prices Continue to Rise
19/03/19 | Magnesium
China Nonferrous Metals News Last week (11~15 March): Domestic magnesium prices continued to rise on smelter production cuts and suspensions in Fugu Shaanxi, a major producing area, triggered by tightening local coal supply. As of 15th March, primary magnesium ingot (99.9% grade) was being quoted between RMB 17,400 ~17,500/t in…
MNR: First Batch of Production Quota for REs and W Ore
19/03/19 | Tungsten
Fang Real Estate News 19th March: MNR (Ministry of Natural Resources) and MIIT(Ministry of Industrial and Information Technology) published the first batch of rare earth and tungsten mining quotas for 2019. In 2019, the government will continue to focus on overall control of rare earths and tungsten mining volume. The…