Unplanned Outages Drop China’s Aluminium Production By 0.5 Percent In August
Unplanned aluminum production outages at two of the country’s main smelters helped drop the People’s Republic of China’s total production...
CRU
CRU World Aluminium Conference – Free Webinar
CRU World Aluminium Conference is pleased to announce the launch of a brand new webinar series – Aluminium Matters.Find out what’s important in the aluminium industry as leaders and innovators share what they really think about the future, in these free to attend webinars....
China’s July Aluminium Smelting Total Of 2.9 Million Metric Tons Equals Second-Highest On Record
Aluminium smelters in the People’s Republic of China combined to produce 2.98 million metric tons of primary aluminium, representing the...
Shanghai Aluminium Futures Break CNY14,000/Tonne Barrier For First Time Since Halloween
Spurred on by a drop in inventories and an expected surge in demand, aluminium futures rose at the Shanghai Futures...
Events
CRU Alumina Price Index Passes Benchmark Assurance Review
London commodities consultant CRU Group announced last week that the CRU Alumina Price Index (CRU-API) successfully completed an external assurance review in preparation for today’s launch of LME’s new cash-settled alumina futures contract. The review, which was undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), was part of a report prepared by the Group to demonstrate the index’s […]
New LME Alumina Contract To Utilize CRU Alumina Price Index
London commodities consultant CRU Group said yesterday that the London Metal Exchange will soon be using the firm’s CRU Alumina Price Index (CRU-API) in the settlement of the LME’s new cash-settled Alumina futures contract. The new futures contract is set to commence trading on March 11 and will use the CRU-API to settle physical contracts […]
China Ships Record 5.8 Million Metric Tons Of Aluminium In 2018
Aluminium exports from the People’s Republic of China set a new record last year, besting 2017’s total by 20.9 percent thanks in part to demand for Chinese aluminium bolstered by oppressive sanctions levied on Russia’s U.C. Rusal by the United States government. According to data released yesterday by China’s General Administration of Customs, Chinese smelters […]
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 (Chalco), and other Chinese major aluminium producers will hold a meeting today to hash out the implications of falling prices and weak demand for the country’s aluminium sector. Per the unnamed sources, the China Nonferrous […]
Hongqiao Ordered To Cut 550 Thousand Metric Tons Of Capacity Through Mid-March
The most prolific aluminium producer on Earth will be compelled to cut over half a million metric tons per annum of production capacity over the winter months as part of the state’s effort at fighting smog production. According to documents obtained by Reuters, the Shandong province’s city of Binzhou has ordered the closure of five […]
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 ...
