Price, Not Shortages, Will Determine Chalco’s Desire To Import Alumina
Despite shortages in the country’s northern reaches, the Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (Chalco) is not planning to increase imports...
Aluminium Corporation of China
Tepid Aluminium Market Translates To 14 Percent Drop In Chalco’s First Half Net Profit
The Aluminum Corp of China Ltd. (Chalco) reported results for the first half of the year on Wednesday. The firm’s bottom line suffered from a weak domestic market for aluminium in the first six months. The year’s first half saw Chalco smelt...
Chalco Passes Rusal As World’s Second-Biggest Aluminium Producer
In a move that places it ahead of now-former second-place firm U.C. Rusal, the People’s Republic of China’s Aluminum Corp...
Tepid Trading Picks Up On China’s Spot Aluminium Market After Spring Festival Break
Though initially struggling after the just-ended Spring Festival break, trading on the People’s Republic of China’s spot aluminium market is...
Events
Pair Of Scheduled Maintenance Outages in Guangxi To Impact China’s Alumina Output By 36 Thousand Metric Tons
Maintenance at two different plants in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region beginning this week is expected to put a dent into the overall alumina production by the People’s Republic of China. According to a press release by Shanghai Metals Market, the Aluminium Corporation of China (Chinalco) took a roasting furnace at its refining plant in […]
International Aluminium 2019 Conference – Key Takeaways
The FastmaketsMB aluminium conference is the sequel to the Metal Bulletin aluminium conferences, which have traditionally been one of oldest and biggest aluminium events in the world. This year, the conference was held in Athens between 23 and 25 September and was ...
Electric Vehicles (EVs): outlook for sales and aluminium demand
After last year’s electric vehicles (EVs) sales increase of 72% year/year, to 2.02 million, this year’s growth is expected to ...
Are Things Finally Looking Up For The Aluminium Market?
Base metals prices recovered sharply in the first half of September, after a seasonal slump in August, as investors and ...
Zhongwang Fake Semis Prosecution May Slam The Door On Key Routes For U.S. Import Duty Avoidance
The global aluminium market has been watching the trials and travails of Chinese behemoth Zhongwang with intense interest for the ...
