China’s Aluminium Smelters Continue High Production While Domestic Prices Fall
Data from the People’s Republic of China shows that the country’s output of aluminium is poised to continue at a...
CRU Group
CRU Debuts New Sustainability Intelligence Service for Commodities
Market research firm CRU launched a new product earlier this week that is aimed at helping aluminium and other commodity suppliers reduce their overall carbon footprint. The new Sustainability and Emissions Service offers intelligence on a wide variety of commodities from the...
China Aluminium Production Up By 3.2 Percent In June
Production of primary aluminium in the People’s Republic of China was off by 0.9 percent on the month in June,...
IAI Report Forecasts 40 Percent Leap In Primary Aluminium Demand Through 2030
The International Aluminium Institute released a report this week predicting a jump of 40 percent in aluminium demand by the...
Events
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 has been postponed due to energy limits put in place by the provincial government. Hongqiao chairman Zhang Bo said at Antaike’s China International Aluminium Week on Wednesday that the move of 3 million metric tons […]
Power Crunch To Tighten Further For China’s Aluminium Smelters As Winter Power Cuts Approach
Winter is coming to the People’s Republic of China, and along with it is the prospect of yet more power cuts for the country’s aluminium and other metals operations. Experts who spoke with Reuters this week said that a summer with low supplies of coal has already threatened dire circumstances for power generation in the […]
Tsingshan Planning 1 MMTPA Aluminium Smelter In Indonesia
A new entrant to the People’s Republic of China’s aluminium sector is planning a 1 million metric ton per annum aluminium smelter for Indonesia. According to a report by CRU, Tsingshan Holding Group is planning to enter the field by building the new aluminium smelter in conjunction with Huafon Group. The firm operates an industrial […]
China To Release Up To 900 MMT Of Primary Aluminium In Coming Months: CRU
An expert on the metals market in the People’s Republic of China advised its clients that the Middle Kingdom is preparing to release hundreds of thousands of metric tons of raw aluminium in an effort at depressing the market for the metal. According to CRU, China’s National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration could release between […]
China Smelts Record High 3.35 MM Metric Tons Of Aluminium In April
A jump in aluminium supply in Inner Mongolia helped push the People’s Republic of China’s aluminium production level to a new record in April. China’s National Bureau of Statistics reported earlier this week that the Middle Kingdom’s total aluminium output for the month was 3.35 million metric tons. Last month’s output bests March’s total of […]
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 ...
