Facing Tight Supplies, China’s Secondary Aluminium Producers Boosted Operating Rates In November
Despite difficulties with obtaining raw materials in some sectors, total aluminium production in the People’s Republic of China spiked last...
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China Releases New Standards For Imported Aluminium Scrap
The long-awaited new standards on imported scrap aluminium and copper were published by the government of the People’s Republic of China on Sunday. The new standards, which will go into effect on July 1, place the minimum aluminium and aluminium alloy content...
China Sets New Set Of Scrap Aluminium Import Quotas To 9,844 Metric Tons Through Year’s End
The government of the People’s Republic of China released a seventh set of quotas for 2019 for the import of...
China Issues Second Set Of Scrap Aluminium Import Quotas For Q4
Beijing issued the second set of scrap metal import quotas for the fourth quarter late last week, sharply reducing the...
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China’s Aluminium Scrap Imports Up By Over 7 Percent On The Year In August
Though imports of scrap aluminium into the People’s Republic of China rose on the year in August, levels were nearly identical to the month prior in August, the second full month of scrap aluminum restrictions under the new permitting regime implemented by Beijing this summer. Per domestic industry reporting, the Middle Kingdom imported 141 thousand […]
India Aluminium Producers Working On Scrap Standards To Stem Rising Tide Of Imports
India’s aluminium producers are teaming up with planning think-tank Niti Aayog and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to retool the country’s standards for scrap aluminium usage in order to contain the rising tide of imported scrap aluminium and what stakeholders consider to be odd usages of it. Prompted by trade tensions between the governments […]
Beijing Raises Tariff On U.S. Imported Aluminium Scrap By 5 Percent
The stakes have risen in the escalating trade war between the governments of the United States and the People’s Republic of China, as Beijing revealed late Friday that tariffs upon aluminium scrap and copper scrap imported from American sellers will increase by 5 percent in December. A list of retaliatory tariffs published by the Ministry […]
Beijing Releases Third Set Of Scrap Aluminium Import Quotas For Q3
Beijing announced the third set of import scrap quotas for the quarter earlier this week, setting a limit of 11,290 metric tons of aluminium scrap to be allowed into the country’s ports during the third quarter. Altogether, China Solid Waste and Chemicals Management will limit imports of scrap metal to a shade under 100 thousand […]
China Releases Strict Aluminium Scrap Import Quotas For Third Quarter
The government of the People’s Republic of China issued the first round of aluminium scrap import quotas earlier this week. The quotas, which are set to go into effect on July 1, will see a drop in aluminium scrap shipped into Chinese ports of almost 85 percent. As of July 1, aluminium scrap imported into […]
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 businesses and policymakers to accelerate decarbonization efforts. However, with COVID-19 disrupting lives and economies in an unprecedented manner, countries across the globe ...
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 ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
