Henan To Cap Primary Aluminium Production, Increase Value-Added Capacity In 2020
The government of China’s top aluminium-smelting region announced plans earlier this week to limit primary aluminium production to 2.5 million...
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Henan Aluminium Producers Experience Brief Environmental Curtailment Due To Ethnic Festival
Makers of aluminium rod, coil, and plate in Henan province are seeing a temporary drop in production due to environmental curbs related to the area’s hosting of the 11th Chinese Ethnic Games this week according to domestic trade media. Producers in the...
Post-Holiday Aluminium Inventories In China See Slight Drop Off
The second post-holiday aluminium inventory for eight consumption areas in the People’s Republic of China was reported yesterday, and the...
China’s Henan Province Ousts Neighboring Shandong Province As Aluminium Leader
Data released yesterday by the People’s Republic of China’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows that, for the first time...
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Beijing Scales Back Aluminium, Steel Production in Battle Against Winter Smog
According to a report from China’s central government, production of steel and aluminium by producers in over two dozen cities will drop significantly over the winter months. The move is seen as another salvo in the ongoing battle against smog. The document, which is a joint statement from the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), Finance […]
Chalco LNG-Replacement Facility Soon to be Commissioned
Houston’s Synthesis Energy Systems, Inc. is preparing to commission the largest of three natural gas replacement projects constructed under the auspices of Tianwo-SES Clean Energy Technologies Co., Ltd. for the People’s Republic of China’s state-owned aluminium producer Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco). The natural gas replacement projects produce clean and economical syngas to replace […]
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 ...
