WTO Rules In Favor Of US Against China’s Retaliatory Trade Measures Against Aluminium Tariff
Last week the Word Trade Organization (WTO) handed down a decision in a trade dispute between the United States and...
People’s Republic of China
China Records All-Time High in August Aluminium Production
China’s primary aluminium output witnessed a significant surge in August, reaching an all-time monthly high. According to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Friday, China’s output rose by 3.1% year-on-year to a striking 3.6 million metric tons. The...
Australian And Chinese Scientists Develop New Aluminium Ion Batteries
Researchers in Australia and the People’s Republic of China have taken the first step in developing the first-ever safe, efficient,...
Shanghai Alumina Futures Off To Promising Start In First Trading Day
The trading debut of alumina futures in Shanghai was a successful one, as expected rising demand for the mineral boosted...
Events
Yunnan To Ease Power Curbs And Boost Aluminium Smelting Capacity Later This Month
The Yunnan government is easing off on power usage restrictions later this month, which is likely to boost aluminium output in the region according to sources claiming knowledge of the situation. The region has been struggling through drought in recent months, which has prompted the fourth-biggest aluminium producing region to cut aluminium capacity on two […]
Yunnan Power Cuts Drive Up China’s Aluminium Imports By 27.1 Percent In April
Aluminium imports into the People’s Republic of China rose by 27.1 percent on the year last month partly as a result of power supply issues plaguing aluminium smelters in the southwest of the country. April saw the Middle Kingdom bring in 222,851 metric tons of unwrought aluminium according to customs data that was released last […]
Aluminium Magnate Oleg Deripaska Critical Of Russia’s Outdated Financial System
Russian oligarch and aluminium titan Oleg Deripaska went on record earlier this week criticizing his country’s outdated financial system, noting that Russia’s financial sector is going backwards while the rest of the world leaves them behind. Although criticism of Moscow by Russians can be dangerous, it appears that the founder and stakeholder in UC Rusal […]
China’s Unwrought Aluminium Imports Rises By 11.3 Percent In Opening Two Months Of 2023
Customs data released last week by the Chinese government show that imports of aluminium into the country over the first two months of this year jumped by 11.3 percent above totals from last year’s opening two months. Industry experts say the expected increased demand later this year largely prompted the jump. China’s relaxation of COVID-19 […]
China’s Aluminium Production Sets New Record High In 2022 As Imports Fall Off
Numbers released this week by Beijing show that the People’s Republic of China’s aluminium production rose to a new record high last year as imports of primary aluminium fell off steeply from the prior year’s total. In 2022, aluminium smelters in China bested the prior year’s production by 4.5 percent, setting the new record at […]
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 ...
