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...
People’s Republic of China
Vietnam Levies Antidumping Duties On Imports Of Aluminium Extrusion And Bar From China
Vietnamese officials confirmed yesterday the imposition of antidumping duties on aluminium extrusion and bar imports from the People’s Republic of China following a five-month investigation. On Wednesday the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade announced the duties, which range from 2.46 percent...
China Planned Aluminium Scrap Ban Concerns India’s Aluminium Smelters
Restrictions soon to fall into place on scrap aluminium imported into the People’s Republic of China has aluminium producers in...
China’s Luoyang Wanji Aluminium Processing Co Joins ASI
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced on Monday that the People’s Republic of China’s Luoyang Wanji Aluminium Processing Co., Ltd...
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Bauxite Imports To China Jump By 68.2 Percent In April
Per Customs data released earlier this week, imports of bauxite to the Middle Kingdom rose significantly last month, surpassing totals for the previous month and year by double digits. Beijing reported a total of 9.77 million metric tons of bauxite ore were shipped into the country last month, besting the prior month’s total by 24.5 […]
China’s Aluminium Demand Struggles As Trade Tensions Rise: CNIA
Domestic demand in the People’s Republic of China has suffered of late thanks to continuing blows to consumer confidence due to the ongoing trade tensions between the Middle Kingdom and the United States. Such was the message conveyed by the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association late last week. On Thursday, CNIA said that even a […]
ASI Certifies China’s Aluminium Foil Producer SNTO
The Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) announced on Monday the certification of China’s aluminium foil producer Suntown Technology Group Corporation Limited (SNTO) to the ASI Performance Standard. The firm, which is based in Wangcheng Economic Development Zone, Changsha, is the latest firm to achieve ASI’s certification, which measures responsible production, sourcing, and stewardship in the aluminium-production […]
U.S. Trade Tension With China Prompts Rio Tinto To Shift Aluminium Exports To Europe: CEO Jacques
Anglo-Australian metals titan Rio Tinto Group says the trade troubles between the United States and the People’s Republic of China and the corresponding drop in demand in the States will see the firm shift shipments of aluminium to European customers. Such was the message delivered by Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques after the company’s annual […]
China’s Daily Aluminium Production Lowest Since October
The per-day aluminium production of smelters in the People’s Republic of China fell by 3.6 percent in March, dropping to a nadir not seen since last fall. Such was the picture painted by numbers released by Reuters yesterday, which were derived from figures announced by the National Bureau of Statistics earlier in the day. Per […]
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 ...
