Hongqiao To Restart 100 Thousand MTPA Of Aluminium Capacity
With this year’s winter cuts season behind them, China Hongqiao Group Limited will be slowly but surely ramping up production...
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Beijing Blasts Shandong Government For Failures In Limiting Runaway Aluminium Capacity
Citing an ongoing failure to rein in aluminium overproduction and the associated use of coal to fire said production, the People’s Republic of China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment eviscerated local officials in Shandong province for their ongoing failure to enforce environmental...
Hongqiao Ordered To Cut 550 Thousand Metric Tons Of Capacity Through Mid-March
The most prolific aluminium producer on Earth will be compelled to cut over half a million metric tons per annum...
Local Chinese Officials Cited for Faking Numbers to Avoid Mandatory Aluminium Production Cuts
A national newspaper in the People’s Republic of China has reported on allegations leveled at local officials in Shandong claiming...
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Hongquao’s Hometown Declares 2.5 Million MTPA in Seasonal Aluminium Capacity Cuts
The government of the Shandong city of Binzhou recently announced the closure of around 2.5 million metric tons per annum of aluminium smelting capacity over the coming winter months. Although the city is the home base of world’s leading aluminium producer China Hongqiao Group, the document, which was obtained by Reuters and authenticated by an […]
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 ...
