Increasing Imports Of Alumina By China Buyers On The Horizon As Pinch From Shanxi Shutdowns Increases
Facing mounting shortages of the aluminium precursor thanks to the shut-down of a pair of refineries in Shanxi, Chinese traders...
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China’s Bauxite Ore Imports Rose By 33.18 Percent On The Year In May
Though down slightly from the prior month, May saw imports of bauxite ore into the People’s Republic of China spike by double digits on the year last month. Such was the story told by numbers released by Customs officials in Beijing earlier...
Still Well Above 2017 Totals, China’s December Imports Of Alumina Fell By 37.9 Percent On The Month
Though still up significantly over last year’s total, December saw a respectable drop off in exports of alumina from the...
China’s Alumina Exports Fall By 37.9 Percent In November
Exports of alumina receded significantly in the year’s penultimate month, dropping by 37.9 percent to 285,696 metric tons in November....
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China’s Alumina Exports In October Shatter Previous Records
Alumina issuing from refiners in the People’s Republic of China reached four-year highs in October thanks to a global market for the aluminium precursor that has been racked with upheaval and shortage for months. Per numbers issued by the General Administration of Customs on Friday, last month saw Chinese refiners ship 460,072 metric tons of […]
China’s Alumina Exports Rise By Over 3,400 Percent In September
Alumina exports from the People’s Republic of China hurtled to a yearly high in September, surpassing August’s imports by a factor of five. Per numbers released yesterday by China’s General Administration of Customs, alumina exports last month totaled 165,839 metric tons, besting August’s export total of 29,722 metric tons and representing a year-on-year increase of […]
U.S. Tariffs Notwithstanding, China’s Aluminium Exports Rose By 0.2% in April
Despite the blanket tariffs on aluminium imports imposed by the Trump administration, exports of the metal from the People’s Republic of China in April were slightly above the amount shipped in March. According to numbers lately released by China’s General Administration of Customs, 451 thousand metric tons of raw aluminium and aluminium products departed Chinese […]
China’s Exports of Aluminium Reach Fourth-Highest Total Ever in March
Despite fighting what may prove to be the opening skirmishes of a wider trade war, exports of aluminium from the People’s Republic of China reached nine-month highs last month, cashing in on higher prices for the metal. According to experts, the limited impact of the Trump administration’s blanket 10-percent tariffs upon all imported aluminium was […]
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 ...
