Metro Mining’s First Shipment of Bauxite Sails for China
The first batch of bauxite harvested from Metro Mining Ltd’s operations at Bauxite Hill Mine set sail for the People’s...
Shandong Xinfa Aluminium Group
Metro Mining’s Inaugural Bauxite Shipment Arrives in Qingdao
Australia’s Metro Mining Ltd. announced yesterday the safe arrival and provisional payment for its debut shipments from operations at Bauxite Hills Mine. Per the firm, two shipments totaling 123 thousand metric tons of bauxite ore arrived safely at the dock in Qingdao,...
Metro Mining Commences Mining Operations at Bauxite Hills Mine
Australia’s Metro Mining Ltd announced earlier today that it has commenced bauxite mining at its Bauxite Hills Mine project. According...
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...
Events
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 in years, Henan province’s output of primary aluminium surpassed that of neighboring Shandong province, becoming the country’s premier aluminium-producing region. According to NBS data, smelters in Henan province combined to produce 12.12 million metric tons […]
Metro Mining Inks Bauxite Offtake Agreement with Chinese Power Company SPIC
Australian metals miner Metro Mining Limited made its investors aware of the execution of a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) involving the supply of bauxite ore to the People’s Republic of China’s state-owned State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) Aluminium and Electric Power Investment Co. Ltd. Per Metro’s press release, the MoU contemplates providing SPIC with […]
Chinese Government to Order Xinfa Aluminium to Suspend Almost 400 Thousand MTPA This Winter
Draft documents from the city government of Shandong Xinfa Aluminium Group’s hometown reveal that the firm may be compelled by the government to curtail a significant amount of capacity over the coming winter months. The documents, which were obtained by Reuters in draft form, were issued by the Liaocheng city government and authenticated by an […]
Construction at Metro Mining’s Bauxite Hills Mine Continues On Schedule and Under Budget
Metro Mining Limited updated its shareholders on the firm’s progress at Bauxite Hills mine yesterday, declaring that the project remains true to the original scale and continues to operate under the planned budget. Metro indicates that the construction of marine infrastructure at the mine is ahead of schedule, with pile driving, including for cyclone moorings […]
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 […]
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 ...
