China’s Aluminium Production Sets New Record High In 2022 As Imports Fall Off
Numbers released this week by Beijing show that the People’s Republic of China’s aluminium production rose to a new record...
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Power Rationing In Yunnan Spells Aluminium Production Cuts In China
Aluminium smelters in the People’s Republic of China are expected to pare down production in the coming weeks thanks to imminent power rationing in Yunnan. Industry media reported that power cuts began last week, and local aluminium smelters will be compelled to...
Aluminium Imports Into China Fall In November As Smelters Increase Production
Imports of aluminium into the People’s Republic of China fell by 35.7 percent on the year in November, while its...
China’s Aluminium Smelters Continue High Production While Domestic Prices Fall
Data from the People’s Republic of China shows that the country’s output of aluminium is poised to continue at a...
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Despite Power Cuts, China’s Aluminium Output In November Off By Only 1.8 Percent On The Year
An explosion at an aluminium smelter in Yunnan and energy supply cuts conspired to hold China’s aluminium output in November slightly below the prior month’s total. Such was the story told by production numbers released by Beijing last week. Per production numbers, the Middle Kingdom produced 3.10 million metric tons of aluminium last month, just […]
China’s Power Cuts Reduce Country’s Total Aluminium Capacity By 7 Percent In 2021
Cutbacks on power supplies in the People’s Republic of China so far this year have translated in a cut of 7 percent of the country’s overall aluminium capacity. Such was the conclusion of a Wood Mackenzie report released yesterday. According to the report, the cuts are a result of Beijing’s restructuring of its power infrastructure […]
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 supplies of coal has already threatened dire circumstances for power generation in the […]
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 for the remainder of the year. A document from the Yunnan Development and Reform Commission obtained by Reuters ordered the cuts, which come on top of 1 million metric tons per annum of capacity that […]
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 new record in April. China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported earlier this week that the Middle Kingdom’s total aluminium output for the month was 3.35 million metric tons. Last month’s output bests March’s total of […]
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 ...
