Coronavirus Spikes Demand For Aluminium Nose Clips As Production Of Disposable Face Masks Skyrockets
Reverberations from the COVID-19 virus (“coronavirus”) have been felt all along the aluminium value stream in the People’s Republic of...
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Power Woes Across China Predicted To Push Short-Term Aluminium Demand
An industry analyst last week noted the continuing power shortage in the People’s Republic of China and forecast that the situation is likely to bump demand for both aluminium and copper in the coming months. According to a report released by ANZ,...
China’s Aluminium Demand To Level Off At 50 MMT In 2023 – CNIA
Though consumption is expected to slow, Beijing expects the country’s aluminium demand to rise as high as 50 million metric...
China Estimates Domestic Aluminium Demand to Increase by 6 Percent in 2018
According to numbers released by the state, the People’s Republic of China will see a 6-percent rise in refined aluminium...
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China’s Aluminium Demand Rises 9.6% in First Half of 2017
Numbers just released from Beijing Antaike Information Co., Ltd (Antaike) show demand for refined aluminium in the People’s Republic of China jump by almost ten percent over the course of the first half of this year. According to the state-owned metals information service, the 9.6% year-on-year rise in demand is due to improvements in the […]
Why aluminium prices are set to increase in H2 2017
After a strong start in the first two months of the year, base metals prices have weakened recently in expectation of U.S. interest rate increase this month, which would drive up the US dollar. Speculations that China will cut aluminium and alumina production in several provinces to cope with air pollution were behind the 12% […]
China’s Economic Indicators Show Government Bringing Aluminium Overcapacity Under Control
Economic indicators from the People’s Republic of China show that the government is steadily working towards reining in the problematic overcapacity its domestic smelters has built up over the past few years. The latest economic plans from Beijing indicate a shift from continuing to add to capacity in the non-ferrous field to concentrating on minor […]
Slower Increase in China’s Capacity Will Continue to Buoy Aluminium Prices: Rusal’s Mukhamedshin
Russian Federation’s United Company Rusal foresees a rise in aluminium prices as raw materials prices increase and slow capacity expansion in the People’s Republic of China. In an interview published yesterday, Rusal’s deputy CEO Oleg Mukhamedshin indicated that alumina prices are on the rise as well, which means that idled capacity isn’t likely to be […]
Summaries from the 31st Metal Bulletin Aluminium Conference
The 31st Metal Bulletin aluminium conference took place at Melia Avenida America Hotel in Madrid, Spain, from September 27th to 29th. Almost 400 delegates from all over the world participated. The conference covered significant topics in the aluminium market over the course of eight sessions featuring over thirty speakers. Some of the highlights from the […]
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 ...
