CHINA MAGNESIUM MARKET MONTHLY UPDATE
19/11/21 | Magnesium
China’s primary magnesium supply base accounted for around 85% of world production in 2020 and, with Russia included, this figure increases to around 87%. Chinese magnesium producers can achieve a low cost because they take advantage of waste heat energy associated with coal gas production to drive the process, which…
China Imports 20.54 kt Tin Ore in January/February 2021
23/03/21
Shanghai Nonferrous Metal News China imported a total of 20.54 kt of tin ore and concentrates during January and February 2021, down 16.8% y-o-y, a decline led by CNY holiday interruptions and slowing logistics due to Covid-19. Of China’s total imports in January and February 2021, 16.99 kt of tin…
Guinea’s Booming Bauxite Export Industry; Too Much Too Soon?
18/01/21 | Alumina, Aluminium, Bauxite
An Outlook to 2025 CM’s new 2021 Guinea bauxite report, released this month, has identified an additional 24 MTPY new export capacity and 32.5 MTPY new mining capacity to come on-stream in Guinea during calendar 2021, significantly increasing the country’s total capacity and adding more volume to an already over-supplied…
Domestic TIO2 Pigment Prices on the Rise
08/09/20
Asian Metal News LoMo and CNNC (CNNC HUA YUAN Titanium Dioxide Co., Ltd), the two major TiO2 pigment producers in China, both announced they have increased the sales prices of TiO2 pigment by RMB500/t on the domestic market and by USD100/t on the global market. Source
China’s Bauxite Regions, Alumina Refineries & Primary Aluminium Smelters Map 2020
25/02/20 | Alumina, Aluminium, Bauxite
CM’s 2020 China Wall Map of Bauxite Regions, Alumina Refineries and Primary Aluminium Smelters is now available in printed A1 size. For nearly a decade now, CM has produced the map on an annual basis. It contains detailed information about China’s major domestic aluminium industry assets, their locations, capacities and ownership, as…
GLOBAL BAUXITE & ALUMINA QUARTERLY UPDATE
07/11/19 | Bauxite, Regular Publications
In a rapidly changing global bauxite market, it’s critical to take the time to consider the major global trends and changes likely to shape the industry of the future. Hear what the world’s leading industry experts have to say about the industry through this tailored publication, which includes a special…
CHINA BAUXITE MARKET MONTHLY UPDATE
01/11/19 | Bauxite, Regular Publications
Over the past two years, the global traded bauxite market has undergone a transformational change, with China increasing its imports from 52 Mt in 2016 to an estimated 82 Mt in 2018. Supply-side dynamics have seen different countries and suppliers entering and exiting the market with a frequency not seen…
GUINEA’S BAUXITE MINING SECTOR: THE GENIE IS OUT OF THE BOTTLE
01/09/19 | Alumina, Aluminium, Bauxite
An Outlook to 2024 The combination of abundant high-grade resources, strong demand growth from China and a more practical mining code, developed to be more supportive of exports, has led Guinea to become fertile ground for development of a new generation of bauxite mining and export projects. Despite the country’s…
NICKEL 2019
26/06/19 | Nickel
Overview CM’s research into the global nickel industry began in 2007, when the company conducted a detailed assessment of the emergence of nickel pig iron (NPI) production in China as an alternative means to produce nickel units suitable for China’s growing stainless steel industry. Since then, CM has kept very…