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...
CRU
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 end of the decade, calculating that the global aluminium industry will need to boost overall primary aluminium production by 33.3 million metric...
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...
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...
Events
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 […]
China Returns To Net Aluminium Exporter In September
Typically a net exporter of primary aluminium by a wide margin, the People’s Republic of China reverted to the same in September per numbers just released by the central government. Numbers released by the General Administration of Customs on Friday indicated that the Middle Kingdom brought in 355,999 metric tons of primary aluminium last month, […]
China’s Primary Aluminium Production Jumps By 7.9 Percent In September
The People’s Republic of China saw a 7.9-percent rise on the year of primary aluminium last month, reaching a total of 3.16 million metric tons according to the National Bureau of Statistics’ numbers released yesterday. Experts chalk up the increase to new capacity coming online over the summer, which pushed the daily average to a […]
Alba Partners With CRU On Virtual Market Update Conference
Last week Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba) hosted the first-of-its-kind virtual market update session for customers around the globe. The initiative was a partnership between Alba and CRU and took place over four days. The program was divided up into two-day segments, and speakers at the event updated the market on Alba’s response to the coronavirus […]
Aluminium Price Arbitrage Makes China Net Importer Of Aluminium For First Time In Over A Decade
The aluminium tides turned for the People’s Republic of China in July, as the nation became a net importer of aluminium for the first time in almost 11 years. According to customs data released earlier in the week, the Middle Kingdom witnessed aluminium import levels jump by over seven times the volume reported the year […]
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 ...
