Long Read: Hongqiao’s Trials and Tribulations in 2017
The world’s largest aluminium firm has had a challenging year. From a series of damaging anonymous reports from short sellers...
aluminium overcapacity
The Promised Road: Where is China’s Aluminium Industry Headed? (Part 1)
*Overcapacity: policy failure or implementation issue? *How will the policies be enforced this winter? *Will the shuttered capacity be restarted after March? *Where is China’s aluminium industry headed? The heating season in northern China has officially arrived. At the same...
European Aluminium Lobbies G20 for Global Forum on Aluminium Capacity
Trade advocacy group European Aluminium is urging the G20 to establish a worldwide forum regarding excess aluminium capacity when it...
Aluminium Firms Offer Solutions in US Commerce Department Hearing on China Dumping
The United States International Trade Commission held its long-awaited hearing over allegations of unfair trade practices by aluminium smelters in...
Events
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 past few weeks after the company and its founder Liu Zhongtian were brought up on criminal charges by the United States federal ...
Aluminium Prices Under Double Pressure: Trade Wars and Chinese Exports
Base metals prices tumbled to their lowest in several weeks at the start of August, after U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Dirty Metal – China’s Troublesome Tether Between Coal And Aluminium
The year 2019 has been a red-letter year for the aluminium sector in the People’s Republic of China. Despite trade ...
Is Rio Tinto’s ISAL smelter a bargain or a smart investment?
At least three companies (including Swiss commodity trader Glencore and German Trimet Aluminium) have expressed interest in buying Rio Tinto’s ...
