Yunnan Regulators Order Further Aluminium Output Cuts As Winter Approaches
Regulators in Yunnan province have warned aluminium producers powered by hydropower sources to keep average monthly outputs at August levels...
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Power Crunch To Tighten Further For China’s Aluminium Smelters As Winter Power Cuts Approach
Winter is coming to the People’s Republic of China, and along with it is the prospect of yet more power cuts for the country’s aluminium and other metals operations. Experts who spoke with Reuters this week said that a summer with low...
China Smelts Record High 3.35 MM Metric Tons Of Aluminium In April
A jump in aluminium supply in Inner Mongolia helped push the People’s Republic of China’s aluminium production level to a...
Despite December Restarts, 2019’s Aluminium Production Drop Is China’s First In A Decade
Experts say weak demand and trans-Pacific trade tensions are the culprits for the People’s Republic of China’s first net production...
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Exclusions Of Imported Aluminium Can Sheet Hurts China’s Battle Against Oversupply: Aluminum Association
The Aluminum Association voiced its opposition late last week to exclusion requests under Section 301 for aluminium can sheet originating from the People’s Republic of China, reasoning that such requests will work against the Middle Kingdom’s oversupply problems. In its weekly report, the Association followed up a Letter of Objection to the Office of U.S. […]
China’s Aluminium Demand Struggles As Trade Tensions Rise: CNIA
Domestic demand in the People’s Republic of China has suffered of late thanks to continuing blows to consumer confidence due to the ongoing trade tensions between the Middle Kingdom and the United States. Such was the message conveyed by the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association late last week. On Thursday, CNIA said that even a […]
“Sucking Sound” Of Loss Of Aluminium Smelting Capacity The Result Of Beijing Subsidies: Alcoa CEO Harvey
Monstrous subsidies from Beijing is contributing to the continued bloat of aluminium production in the People’s Republic of China according to Alcoa Corporation’s CEO Roy Harvey, and he’s working to muster support from government officials around the globe to help put a stop to it. Noting that state support for Chinese aluminium capacity is “on […]
China’s Aluminium Production Rose By 12 Percent In July As Closed Capacity Reopens
Aluminium output by smelters in the People’s Republic of China was at near-record highs again last month according to numbers just released by National Bureau of Statistics, as smelters reopened a significant portion of the capacity that was closed at this time last year. Per the released numbers, China’s total output in July rose 12 […]
Shanxi Government Hopes to Entice Aluminium Smelting Capacity with Preferred Access to Bauxite Resources
The government of one of the People’s Republic of China’s northern provinces announced earlier this week that it would be willing to barter choice cuts of its bauxite stores for companies that move aluminium smelting capacity to the area. Aluminum Corp of China (Chinalco), Shandong Xinfa Aluminium Group, and Xinjiang East Hope Ferrous Metals Co., […]
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 ...
