China Government Planning Strict New Standards For Imported Scrap Aluminium, Copper
According to a report obtained by a prominent commodities news outlet, the government of the People’s Republic of China is...
China
China Hongqiao Planning New Aluminium Smelter In Yunnan
World-leading aluminium producer China Hongqiao Group Ltd. is reportedly in talks with officials from the Yunnan provincial government to build a new aluminium smelter in the region. “They are in the process of discussing this issue,” explained Yunnan’s vice governor Dong Hua...
China’s Aluminium Scrap Imports Up By Over 7 Percent On The Year In August
Though imports of scrap aluminium into the People’s Republic of China rose on the year in August, levels were nearly...
China Bauxite Imports Fall By 6 Percent In August Thanks To The Rains In Africa
Adverse weather conditions are to blame for the drop in imported bauxite ore by buyers in the People’s Republic of...
Events
China’s Fourth Quarter Aluminium Scrap Quota Surpasses Third Quarter Limit
The government of the People’s Republic of China issued the first set of scrap metal quotas for the year’s closing quarter earlier this week. The state says it plans to allow in roughly 66 thousand metric tons of aluminium, copper, and ferrous scrap metals during the fourth quarter. China Solid Waste and Chemicals Management announced […]
Opening Of Henan Shenhuo Smelter In Yunnan Delayed Due To Adverse Weather
The opening of a new aluminium smelter in Yunnan province has been postponed by Henan Shenhuo Group due to adverse weather and the resulting delays in construction according to statements made by a company spokesperson on Wednesday. The plant, which is located in Wenshan prefecture, is slated to have a nameplate capacity of 900 thousand […]
Unplanned Outages Drop China’s Aluminium Production By 0.5 Percent In August
Unplanned aluminum production outages at two of the country’s main smelters helped drop the People’s Republic of China’s total production by 0.5 percent on the month in August according to numbers released yesterday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Per Beijing’s numbers, China’s aluminium smelters combined to produce 2.97 million metric tons of primary […]
Jiangsu Zhongji Lamination Materials Plant In Jiangyin Achieves ASI Chain Of Custody Certification
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced last week the certification of Jiangsu Zhongji Lamination Materials Co., Ltd’s plant in Jiangyin City under the ASI’s Chain of Custody standard. The facility, which was recently certified under the ASI’s Performance Standard, boasts a casthouse and an aluminium foil production operation, the latter of which is now covered […]
Henan Aluminium Producers Experience Brief Environmental Curtailment Due To Ethnic Festival
Makers of aluminium rod, coil, and plate in Henan province are seeing a temporary drop in production due to environmental curbs related to the area’s hosting of the 11th Chinese Ethnic Games this week according to domestic trade media. Producers in the Henan cities of Gongyi, Jiaozuo, and Zhengzhou are likely to see a 10-day […]
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 ...
