Elite Mining Guinea to Start Bx Mining Nov. 2020
05/06/20 | Bauxite
Cnal News Elite Mining Guinea, a new bauxite miner in Guinea designed with 10 mtpy mining capacity is set to commence operations in November 2020. The company has set a target of 1 mln t of bauxite output for 2020 with 500 kt per month in November and December respectively.…
Domestic W Prices Edge Down Slightly
04/06/20 | Tungsten
China Commodity Marketplace Domestic tungsten prices slid slightly in the wake of limited high-level quotes and reduced restocking interests from downstream buyers, despite tungsten concentrate holders’ willingness to sell. Mainstream wolframite prices are RMB82,000~83,000/t (65% WO3), scheelite prices are RMB81,000~82,000/t (65% WO3) and tungsten concentrate prices at RMB78,000~81,000/t. Mainstream quotations…
Lanzhou Al Cuts Carbon Anode Production
04/06/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Lanzhou Aluminium is set to cut its prebake anode production to 14 kt in June, down from 17 kt in May. The company has two calcination furnaces, capable of producing 200 kt of prebake anode per annum. It produced 80 kt of prebake anode in the year…
Wenshan Al: First Batch of Primary Al Output
04/06/20 | Aluminium
Wenshan Local News 3rd June: Yunnan Wenshan Aluminum formally brought Phase I of its 500 ktpy hydro-power and aluminium project online in mid-May 2020 and the first batch of aluminium ingot has been produced. This marks the formal establishment of Wenshan Aluminium’s integrated ‘bauxite-alumina-aluminium-aluminium processing’ industrial chain. The project utilizes…
Guangxi Baise Mining to Resume 35 ktpy Primary Al Capacity
04/06/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Guangxi Baise Mining Group has five primary aluminium smelters designed with a total of 1.3 mtpy capacity, of which 770 ktpy is presently operational. The company began carrying out maintenance at three smelters last month, involving a total of 35 ktpy capacity and reducing daily output buy…
IM Dawudian Graphite Industrial Park Begins Construction
03/06/20 | Graphite
China Mining News 30th May: The construction of Dawudian graphite industrial park in Wulatezhong Banner IM has formally begun. Backed by RMB4.5 bln investment from Fengyu Alkene and Carbon Industry Group the project comprises graphite, anode materials and high-end graphene materials of 100 ktpy. The Dawudian graphite deposit is one…
Al Inventories Continue to Decline
03/06/20 | Aluminium
China Nonferrous Metals News Aladdiny: Aluminium ingot inventories at domestic smelters dropped further by 38.9 kt from last Friday to 220.7 kt on Monday. Aladdiny research shows most domestic smelters are profitable at present and are making fast sales of aluminium ingots before the slack season leads to a gradual…
Yugang Longquan Al Resumes Full Operation
03/06/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Yugang Longquan Aluminium smelter in Henan, designed with 600 ktpy primary aluminium capacity resumed full capacity operation by end-May. The company halted 60 ktpy primary aluminum capacity in November 2019 due to the implementation of the 2019 winter production cut policy (November 2019~March 2020). However the company…
MNR: National Geological Exploration Results of 2019
03/06/20 | Bauxite
Cnal News MNR (Ministry of Natural Resources) published the ‘2019 National Geological Exploration Results of China’. The exploration results of 418 mineral deposits in China show that new inferred resources of coal have increased by 9.05 bln t, iron ore 210 mln t, copper 1.06 mln t, manganese ore 21.59…