EGA Inks Five-Year Bauxite Supply Agreement With Xinfa From GAC Mines In Guinea
Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC (EGA) said earlier this week it has come to a five-year agreement with Xinfa to supply...
China
Citic Dicastal Opens Second Moroccan Aluminium Alloy Wheel Plant In Kenitra
The People’s Republic of China’s aluminium alloy wheel producer Citic Dicastal commissioned a €350-million manufacturing plant in Northern Morocco last week. The plant’s opening was the second this year by Citic Dicastal in as many years in the North African country. The...
USITC Confirms Antidumping And Countervailing Duties On Aluminium Cable And Wire Imports From China
On Wednesday the United States government released a determination that below-cost imports of aluminium wire and cable from the People’s...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative Certifies Pair Of Suntown Technology Group Facilities Against Custody Standard
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced yesterday the certification against its Chain of Custody standard of Suntown Technology Group Corporation...
Events
First Payment On Infrastructure-For-Bauxite Deal Made By China To Ghana
After talks last weekend between representatives of the two governments, Ghana confirmed that it is going ahead with a US$2-billion deal with the People’s Republic of China to exchange infrastructure improvements in the West African country for bauxite ore. According to Ghanaian Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia, Beijing has already released the first payment on the deal, […]
International Aluminium Institute’s Ron Knapp Joins China Hongqiao As International Adviser
World leading aluminium producer China Hongqiao Group Ltd announced late last week the hiring of Ron Knapp to be the firm’s international adviser starting next year. Speaking to reporters at the China Aluminum Week forum in Qingdao on Friday, Knapp said this position will be his next stop after he steps down as International Aluminium […]
First Shipment By Chalco Of Bauxite From Guinea Mine Scheduled For Early December
Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (Chalco) said earlier this week that it has queued up its inaugural bauxite ore shipment from Guinea by early next month. “The mining operation has already started and the first output will be shipped to China at the beginning of December,” said Chen Qi, deputy general manager of Chinalco, to […]
China Hongqiao To Begin Transferring 2 MTPA Of Aluminium Smelting Capacity To Yunnan Next Year
In an effort at reducing its reliance upon coal-generated electricity, China Hongqiao Group Ltd said yesterday it plans to move almost one-third of its smelting capacity to the province of Yunnan in the southwestern portion of the People’s Republic of China. In comments to Reuters at China Aluminium Week, Hongqiao chairman Zhang Bo said the […]
China Issues Second Set Of Scrap Aluminium Import Quotas For Q4
Beijing issued the second set of scrap metal import quotas for the fourth quarter late last week, sharply reducing the allowed aluminium scrap intake from quantities allowed in the last quarter. China’s Solid Waste and Chemical Management Centre will allow 44,935 metric tons more of 7602000090 aluminium scrap into its ports during the fourth quarter, […]
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 businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
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 ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
