MIIT: New Al Industry Norm Published
Cnal News 3rd March: MIIT has formulated and published “Aluminium Industry Norm”. The Norm is applicable to the aluminium industry including bauxite mining, alumina refining, primary aluminium smelting and renewable aluminum production that is complete and operational. It is a guide document designed to advance technical progress and standardized development…
Domestic Aa Prices on the Rise
03/03/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Mainstream domestic alumina prices have risen to RMB2,580~2,630/t, up by RMB100/t from two weeks ago on tightening supply led by production cuts in northern China. Alumina suppliers are holding firm on price, due to tight supply with a bullish prospect next week. One northern refinery…
Senze Coal & Al to Cut 50% of Aa Production
03/03/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Shanxi Liulin Senze Coal and Aluminium has cut its alumina production by 50% since late January 2020 due to bauxite supply shortages. The company has three alumina production lines, of which one is under suspension. Senze has a captive bauxite mine with 24 mln t of…
Guangxi Huasheng Postpones Aa Project
03/03/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Guangxi Huasheng, designed with alumina capacity of 4 mtpy, is a new alumina refinery under the Chalco Group, located at Fangchenggang Port, Guangxi. Phase I of the project, designed with 2 mtpy capacity, comprises two alumina production lines of 1 mtpy each, which began construction in…
China’s Imported Bx Inventory down by 1.74% m-o-m
03/03/20 | Bauxite
Cnal News China’s imported bauxite inventory was 26.6 mln t by the end of January 2020, down 1.74% m-o-m, and down 18.64% y-o-y. Of this figure, imported bauxite inventory was 23.4 mln t in Shandong, 1.37 mln t in Shanxi and 990 kt in Henan, falls of 1.06%, 12.74%…
Zn Smelters under Pressure from Low Prices
02/03/20 | Zinc
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Domestic zinc miners have been slow to resume operations due to weak prices. A few small-medium miners have decided to postpone their resumption plans and some already in loss have swapped from mining to exploration, further tightening domestic supply. On the supply side, an…
Domestic W Prices Remain Firm
02/03/20 | Tungsten
China Commodity Marketplace Despite increased mine operations, domestic supply of tungsten concentrates remained tight this week and miners continued to hold firm on prices. At present, wolframite (65% grade) mainstream quotations are at RMB94,000~96,000/standard t; scheelite (65% grade) is at RMB93,000~95,000/standard t and tungsten concentrates (50~55% grade) at RMB91,000~93,000/standard…
CNIA: 2019 Primary Mg Output 845 kt
02/03/20 | Magnesium
China Nonferrous Metals News CNIA: China produced 844.8 kt of primary aluminium in 2019, up 12.74% y-o-y. Of this amount, output in Shanxi was 517.6 kt, and Shanxi was 117.1 kt, up 20.04% and up 18.29% y-o-y respectively. Output in Ningxia was 58.5 kt, down 10.65% y-o-y. Source
Bayuquan Port Liaoning January 2020: 120 kt Aa Imports
02/03/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Bayuquan Port in Liaoning loaded and unloaded 120 kt of alumina imports in January 2020, which was an all-time high. According to an internal source, a total of 150 kt imported alumina was handled at Bayuquan Port in 2019. China imported approximately 1.6 mln t of alumina…
