Chinalco Subsidiary Cited By Government For “Chaotic” Environmental Management In Guangxi
A subsidiary of Aluminium Corp of China (Chinalco) was charged last week with repeatedly violating environmental regulations at a plant...
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Chalco To Open Second Line At Huasheng Alumina Refinery
According to a market source claiming knowledge of the matter, Aluminum Corp of China (Chalco) is planning to start a second production line at its Huasheng alumina refinery. Fastmarkets reported on Monday that the refinery at Fangchenggang Port in Guangxi would soon...
Chalco Ships First Bauxite From Boffa Mines In Guinea
Aluminum Corp of China Ltd (Chalco) earlier this week commenced the first shipment of its inaugural batch of bauxite ore...
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...
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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 1.89 million metric tons of primary aluminium, which was a drop of over […]
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 of alumina unless and until prices reach a commercially-justifiable level. Such was the message conveyed by a company representative earlier this week. Commenting to Reuters at the Shanghai Derivatives Market Forum on Tuesday, the deputy […]
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 of China Ltd (Chalco) said on Friday that it bumped up total production by 18 percent over the course of last year, making it the second-most-prolific aluminium producer on Earth. Reporting from Reuters described a […]
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 beginning to quicken after a substantial purchase earlier this week. Coming off one of China’s two “golden week” breaks, trading on the domestic spot market was slow on Monday, with downstream consumers still absent from […]
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 […]
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 ...
