Chinese Government Suspends 2 MMT of Aluminium Capacity in Xinjiang
Three aluminium operations in the People’s Republic of China with a combined nameplate capacity of two million metric tons now...
China overcapacity environment
China Committed to Aluminium Capacity Cuts: Chalco’s Lu
Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco) told CRU’s 22nd World Aluminium Conference that the People’s Republic of China is determined to rein in aluminium production in over two dozen Chinese cities this winter. Chalco’s senior vice president Lu Dongliang told the conference...
Aluminum Association Files First-Ever Unfair Trade Case with US Government
The Aluminum Association has taken a groundbreaking step against the People’s Republic of China’s aluminium trade practices today when it...
Will 2017 Be the Year Aluminium Prices Reclaim Their Shine?
Oleg Deripaska, the president of Russian aluminium titan UC Rusal, addressed the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in...
Events
Baby Steps in China’s Long March to Rein In Overcapacity?
Inner Mongolia’s provincial government recently counseled Inner Mongolia East high-tech Materials Co., Ltd. to cease production on its greenfield one million metric tons per annum smelter project, which had only begun within the past several weeks. In its announcement of the plant’s immediate shutdown, the government stressed the idea that economic development must be conducted […]
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 ...
