Yulin Coal Technology Resumes Mg Production
08/03/22 | Magnesium
Asian Metal News Yulin Coal Technology suspended magnesium production in late January amid coal gas supply shortages. It remained idle during most of February and restarted operations late in the month. Designed with 10 ktpy capacity, the company produced 7.2 kt of magnesium ingot in 2021, 600 tonnes in January,…
China Exports 477.8 kt of Mg and Mg Products in 2021
02/03/22 | Magnesium
China Nonferrous Metals News China exported 477.8 kt of primary magnesium and magnesium products in 2021, up by 21.3% y-o-y from 393.8 kt in 2020. Total export revenue amounted to USD 1.94 bln, up by 101.2% y-o-y, with the average export price at USD 4,052/t, up by 65.8% y-o-y. China…
MNR: First Batch of Production Quotas for REs and W
28/02/22 | Tungsten
SMM News The MNR (Ministry of National Resources) recently published its first batch of rare earth and tungsten quotas for 2022. The 2022 first round of rare earths mining quotas is 100.8 kt, 11.49 kt of which is ionic type, and 89.31 kt is rock type. The 2022 first round…
NDRC Improves Pricing Mechanism for Coal
25/02/22
Cnal News NCRC recently published three measures to improve the market mechanism of coal pricing. The NDRC notice emphasises: Direct coal prices to fluctuate within a reasonable range. From past experience, mid-long term coal prices at Qinhuangdao Port (5,500 kcal) at RMB 570~770/t (with taxes) is within a reasonable range.…
China Produces 888.7 kt of Primary Mg in 2021
23/02/22 | Magnesium
China Nonferrous Metals News CNIA: by initial statistics, China produced 888.7 kt of primary magnesium in 2021, of the total, production from Shaanxi was 540 kt, Shanxi 196 kt, IM 49.6 kt, and other producing regions 72.1 kt.
Accelerating Comprehensive Utilization of Mg Dross
18/02/22 | Magnesium
China Nonferrous Metals News For every tonne primary magnesium produced, 6~7 t of reduction dross, 0.1~0.2 t of refining dross and 0.2~0.5 t of white forging dross is made. Based on China’s annual magnesium production, the total magnesium dross output can exceed 6.5 mln t per annum, and China’s magnesium…
NPI Smelter Restarts Operations in Shandong
17/02/22 | Nickel
Fubao News An integrated stainless-steel and NPI smelter restarted operations in Shandong on 15th February 2022, after receiving a resumption notice from local authorities. The smelter had been suspended for a week, affecting 1.2 kt of NPI production (in Ni metal). It chiefly produces mid-high NPI.
China Produced 32.4 kt of NPI in January 2022
15/02/22 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News China produced 32.4 kt of NPI in January 2022, down by 2.4% m-o-m and down by 16.09% y-o-y. The decline can be attributed to reduced operations of Shandong NPI smelters under environmental pressures and falling demand from integrated stainless steel mills prior to the Chinese New…
Zhangyuan Raises W Prices
14/02/22 | Tungsten
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Zhangyuan Tungsten raised its long-term contract prices for the last two weeks of February, increasing wolframite concentrate prices (WO3 >55% ) by 1,500/t to RMB115,000/t and scheelite concentrate prices (WO3>55%) to RMB 113,500/t. It also lifted its APT prices by RMB 2,500/t from the previous term…