Chinalco Inks Partnership With Yunnan Aluminium for Access to 1.6 MTPA Smelting Capacity
A partnership announced yesterday by Yunnan Aluminium between Aluminum Corp of China (Chinalco) and Yunnan Metallurgical Group will see the...
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Chinese Smelter Ramp-Ups Increase Aluminium Production By 1.6 Percent In June
Aluminium smelter ramp-ups pushed production numbers higher last month according to data provided by the People’s Republic of China, raising overall output by 1.6 percent in the month to 2.83 million metric tons. According to numbers released yesterday by China’s National Bureau...
Shanxi Government Hopes to Entice Aluminium Smelting Capacity with Preferred Access to Bauxite Resources
The government of one of the People’s Republic of China’s northern provinces announced earlier this week that it would be...
Chinese State Numbers Show Fifth Consecutive Month of Lower Aluminium Output
Numbers published last week by the state show a drop in production by aluminium smelters in the People’s Republic of...
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China’s Aluminium Production Drops for Second Consecutive Month
In a sign that China’s aluminium juggernaut may finally be losing steam, numbers from the Middle Kingdom indicate that the country’s non-ferrous metals output reached a one-year nadir last month. Production of ten non-ferrous metals, namely copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, nickel, tin, antimony, mercury, magnesium, and titanium, dropped by 2.2 percent last month to a […]
Henan Xiangjiang Wanji Aluminium Refinery Shut Down Due to Danger of Red Mud Landslide
The People’s Republic of China’s Henan Xiangjiang Wanji Aluminum Co., Ltd. has shut down its alumina refinery in Wanji on account of the potential of a dangerous red mud landslide. According to CRU, the timetable for reopening the facility is not known at this time. A source from within the country indicates that the southwest […]
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 ...
