China Hongqiao Aluminium Capacity Move To Yunnan Postponed Due To Power Cuts
The world’s biggest non-state-owned aluminium producer China Hongqiao Group said last week the planned relocation of aluminium capacity to Yunnan...
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Hongqiao To Move Additional 1.93 MM MTPA Of Aluminium Smelting Capacity To Yunnan Province
Yet more aluminium capacity is headed south this winter, as Chinese aluminium giant China Hongqiao Group will be relocating 1.93 million metric tons per annum to Yunnan province in the coming months. A notice published by the Yunnan government said the new...
Hongqiao “Progressing Smoothly” At Alumina Refinery Construction In Indonesia
Chinese aluminium behemoth China Hongqiao Group is poised to begin the second phase of construction at its alumina plant in...
China Hongqiao Expected To Move Another 1 MM MTPA To Yunnan Province
More aluminium capacity is moving south in the People’s Republic of China, as sources indicate that China Hongqiao Group is...
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China Hongqiao To Release Carbon-Reduction Goals By Year’s End
The largest private-sector aluminium producer said last week that it plans to publish its targets for cutting carbon emissions along with a roadmap for achieving that end. China Hongqiao Group’s chairman Zhang Bo revealed at the China Development Forum that his firm was partnering with a number of top institutions around the world to establish […]
China Hongqiao Begins Production At Hydroelectricity-Powered Aluminium Smelter In Yunnan
China’s aluminium smelting leviathan China Hongqiao Group Ltd. said last week it has begun the initial phase of production at an aluminium smelter in Yunnan that is powered via hydroelectricity. The new aluminium plant is run by Hongqiao affiliate Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group and boasts a nameplate capacity of 2.03 million metric tons, per the […]
China Hongqiao Abruptly Quits The International Aluminium Institute
World leading aluminium producer China Hongqiao Group abruptly quit the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) this week, leaving only four years after joining the body. The IAI accounted for almost two-thirds of the bauxite, alumina, and aluminium mined, refined, and smelted throughout the world. However, with Hongqiao’s departure, the firm takes with it around 6.5 million […]
International Aluminium Institute’s Ron Knapp Joins China Hongqiao As International Adviser
World leading aluminium producer China Hongqiao Group Ltd announced late last week the hiring of Ron Knapp to be the firm’s international adviser starting next year. Speaking to reporters at the China Aluminum Week forum in Qingdao on Friday, Knapp said this position will be his next stop after he steps down as International Aluminium […]
China Hongqiao To Begin Transferring 2 MTPA Of Aluminium Smelting Capacity To Yunnan Next Year
In an effort at reducing its reliance upon coal-generated electricity, China Hongqiao Group Ltd said yesterday it plans to move almost one-third of its smelting capacity to the province of Yunnan in the southwestern portion of the People’s Republic of China. In comments to Reuters at China Aluminium Week, Hongqiao chairman Zhang Bo said 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 ...
