New Aa Trade Route from Binzhou Shandong to Panjin Liaoning
27/02/20 | Alumina
Cnal News A new sea freight container trade route from Binzhou Shandong to Panjin Liaoning was opened recently. The 240 nautical mile route is scheduled on a weekly basis, and voyage time will be 22 hours. The opening of the Binzhou-Panjin route will facilitate alumina shipments from Shandong to Liaoning…
Chalco: First Bx Shipment from Boffa Guinea Arrives at Rizhao Port
27/02/20 | Bauxite
China Nonferrous Metals News 24th February 2020: 54 kt of bauxite produced at Chalco’s Boffa project in Guinea was loaded onto COSCO’s (China COSCO Shipping Group) ‘Qushanhai’ vessel and arrived at Rizhao Port China, marking the first shipment from Chalco’s Boffa project to China. The bauxite will be transported to…
Ji’en Ni Resumes Operation
26/02/20 | Nickel
Asian Metal News Jilin Ji’en Nickel resumed electrolytic nickel production early this month but is holding back sales due to limited stocks (less than100 t.) The company suspended operations in late November 2019 under pressure from low prices and weak demand. According to an internal source, the company will sell…
Zhongfu Group: Guangyuan Zhongfu online in Q2 2020
26/02/20 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Guangyuan Linfeng Aluminium and Electricity Co. Ltd., (formerly Linzhou Linfeng Aluminium), part of the Henan Zhongfu Group, is set to come online in Q2 2020. Project construction began in March 2019 and 282 sets of 320kA electrolytic cells with total capacity of 250 ktpy were relocated…
Primary Al Market: Ample Supply and Slow Downstream Resumptions
26/02/20 | Aluminium
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News The domestic primary aluminium market has ample supply at present as most domestic primary aluminium smelters remained operational during the CNY holiday and new primary aluminium capacities from Yunnan and IM have gradually been coming online. According to SMM, primary aluminium inventory at domestic warehouses…
Yunnan Shenhuo: 900 ktpy Primary Al Project Starts
26/02/20 | Aluminium
Cnal News Phase I (150 ktpy) of Yunnan Shenhuo’s 900 ktpy integrated hydropower-primary aluminium project was powered up on 17th February 2020. After five days’ calcination processing, the electrolytic cells were formally declared to be online. The project is located in Funing Country, and consists of two series of…
Luyu Bochuang to Start Aa Line Construction
25/02/20 | Alumina
Asian Metal News Shandong Luyu Bochuang alumina refinery is set to start construction on a second 800 ktpy alumina production line in Q2 2020 in addition to its existing 600 ktpy line. According to an internal source, associated infrastructure construction was completed by end-2019, and further project development is…
Jiaokou Xinghua to use Domestic Bx
25/02/20
Asian Metal News Shanxi Jiaokou Xinghua Technology, (under Chalco Group), has total alumina capacity of 900 ktpy consisting of two alumina production lines – 350 ktpy (HT) and 550 ktpy (LT) respectively. Due to a further tightening of local bauxite supply, Xinghua suspended the 350 ktpy HT production line…
Domestic Al Inventory Continues to Increase
25/02/20 | Aluminium
SMM News 25th February 2020: Total domestic aluminium inventory at China’s major store houses increased by 84 kt from last Thursday to 1.31 mln t, including 118 kt in Shanghai, 482 kt in Wuxi, 124 kt in Hangzhou, 209 kt in Gongyi, 300 kt in Nanhai, 57 kt in…