Surviving the Aluminium Bear Market
“Aluminium drops as bears attack, others wait for news on China”, was the headline of a recent Reuters news report...
China aluminium production
Aluminium Market Update: Why Are Aluminium Prices Lagging Behind Other Base Metals?
Base metals prices have recovered significantly since January’s lows after news that the US and China are inching closer to signing a trade deal. According to reports, both sides will lower or remove tariffs upon signing a trade agreement, but it is...
Weak Aluminium Prices Fail To Hinder Record Production By Chinese Smelters In December
Though aluminium prices remained weak, Chinese smelters increased production last month, helping to propel the year’s output into record territory...
Sources Say Chinese Aluminium Firms Meeting To Discuss Domestic Price And Demand Woes
A trio of sources claiming knowledge told Reuters yesterday that representatives from China Hongqiao Group, Aluminum Corp of China Ltd...
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Chinese Aluminium: Higher Overhead And Lower Aluminium Prices Squeeze Out Capacity
The Chinese aluminium sector is in peril, and the country’s smelters must soon take drastic and determined action in order to prevent an even steeper dive into the abyss. Such was the verdict of two industry reports released earlier in November, one each by Aladdiny and Antaike. In the report issued by Aladdiny, analysts noted […]
Beijing Says Aluminium Production Rebounded By 3.9 Percent In November Despite Falling Prices
Despite falling prices in the year’s penultimate month, shipments of primary aluminium in November bested totals from both last month and the previous year. Per numbers released by the National Bureau of Statistics on Friday, the Middle Kingdom shipped 2.82 million metric tons overseas in November, good for a 3.9-percent rise over October’s total of […]
Main takeaways from the 33rd Metal Bulletin Aluminium Conference
The 33rd Metal Bulletin aluminium conference took place at the Berlin Hilton hotel in the German capital, between September 12-14. The main topics discussed at the conference, both at executive panels and during the lunch and coffee breaks, were the sanctions on UC Rusal and the US –China trade war, both seen as major sources […]
Rising Alumina Costs Lead To Aluminium Production Drop By Chinese Smelters In August
Rising inputs and shrinking margins led aluminium smelters in the People’s Republic of China to scale back production by 3 percent last month, ending a streak of monthly highs for production. Numbers released earlier this week by China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed production for the month of August totaling 2.84 million metric tons, […]
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 tons in 2023. So said the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association in a forecast released on Thursday. Per the CNIA, consumption will peak in 7 years due to the Chinese economy transitioning from a high-speed […]
Aluminium Market Update: Why Are Aluminium Prices Lagging Behind Other Base Metals?
Base metals prices have recovered significantly since January’s lows after news that the US and China are inching closer to signing a trade deal. According to reports, both sides will lower or remove tariffs upon signing a trade agreement, but it is ...
The Venezuela Blackout Spells Doom for its Aluminium Industry
After Venezuela’s energy supply failed on March 8th, the directors of the CVG together with the presidents of each company ...
Aluminium Alloys in the Automotive Industry: a Handy Guide
Looking at the flurry of announcements of new aluminium alloys developed by some of the big aluminium producers (Novelis, Constellium, ...
Interview with European Aluminium’s Maarten G. Labberton and Magdalena Garczyńska
In the run-up to European Aluminium’s 15th International Aluminium Recycling Congress, which will take place between February 26-27 in Colmar, ...
