Power Rationing In Yunnan Spells Aluminium Production Cuts In China
Aluminium smelters in the People’s Republic of China are expected to pare down production in the coming weeks thanks to...
China
China’s Unwrought Aluminium Imports Rises By 11.3 Percent In Opening Two Months Of 2023
Customs data released last week by the Chinese government show that imports of aluminium into the country over the first two months of this year jumped by 11.3 percent above totals from last year’s opening two months. Industry experts say the expected...
Fujian Nanping Aluminium Co, LTD Joins ASI As Production And Transformation Member
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced last week that Fujian Nanping Aluminium Co., LTD recently became its newest Production and...
China’s Aluminium Production Sets New Record High In 2022 As Imports Fall Off
Numbers released this week by Beijing show that the People’s Republic of China’s aluminium production rose to a new record...
Events
Guangdong Aluminium Smelters Send Workers On Spring Festival Holiday Early Due To Tepid Demand
Several aluminium smelters in Guangdong, China are closing down earlier than usual for the Spring Festival holiday this year, while others are revising output goals downward for the current year, as domestic demand for aluminium in recent weeks has been weaker than expected. Although Beijing lifted the strict COVID-19 restrictions that have weighed down manufacturing […]
Brazil To Enact Import Duties On Aluminium Sheet Imports From China
The Brazilian government has become the next jurisdiction to impose trade sanctions on imports of aluminium from sellers in the People’s Republic of China. According to an announcement from China’s Ministry of Commerce late last week, the Brazilian government will begin to impose countervailing duties at the end of March on aluminium sheet products exported […]
Aluminium Imports Into China Fall In November As Smelters Increase Production
Imports of aluminium into the People’s Republic of China fell by 35.7 percent on the year in November, while its domestic aluminium output rose by 9.4 percent from last year’s November total. November saw 255,744 metric tons of aluminium arrive on China’s shores according to newly-released data from the General Administration of Customs, better by […]
China Hongqiao To Continue Aluminium Capacity Relocation To Yunnan Despite Power Disruptions
An unreliable power supply will not slow down China Hongqiao’s plan to move 2 million metric tons per annum of aluminium smelting capacity to Yunnan province according to a company spokesperson. The firm has gone on record previously as intending to move over 60 percent of its capacity to the southwestern province by the end […]
Aluminium Extrusions Titan China Zhongwang Enters Bankruptcy Proceedings
The biggest aluminium extrusions producer in the People’s Republic of China and the second biggest in the world is now in bankruptcy proceedings, as a Chinese court has approved the application filed against China Zhongwang in September. A court in Shenyang gave the green light to the petition filed by several of its creditors earlier […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
