Sources Say Xinfa Shutters 500 Thousand MTPA Of Aluminium Smelting Capacity In Xinjiang
An aluminium smelter owned by Xinfa Group in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region was shut down this week after an...
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Unplanned Outages Drop China’s Aluminium Production By 0.5 Percent In August
Unplanned aluminum production outages at two of the country’s main smelters helped drop the People’s Republic of China’s total production by 0.5 percent on the month in August according to numbers released yesterday by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). Per Beijing’s...
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...
Beijing Blasts Shandong Government For Failures In Limiting Runaway Aluminium Capacity
Citing an ongoing failure to rein in aluminium overproduction and the associated use of coal to fire said production, the...
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Xinfa Escapes Seasonal Aluminium Production Cuts To Capacity In Shandong
A top aluminium smelter in the People’s Republic of China has escaped winter metal production cuts for 2018-2019, and will be mandated to drop alumina production by only a tenth for two months this season. Per documents published by the Liaocheng Economic and Information Technology Committee and acquired by Reuters, Shandong Xinfa Aluminium Group is […]
Metro Mining Celebrates Shipment Of 1 Millionth Metric Ton Of Bauxite Since April
Australia’s Metro Mining Ltd. announced late last week the successful shipment of its one millionth metric ton of bauxite since beginning operations this spring. In a press release issued on Friday, Metro Mining revealed that the one millionth metric ton of bauxite ore was loaded onto a bulk carrier as part of a 60 thousand […]
Metro Mining Seals Two-Year Deal For Delivery Of 780 Thousand Tonnes Of Bauxite To Chinese Buyers
Australia’s Metro Mining Ltd. announced yesterday the negotiation of two new offtake agreements covering the lion’s share of the firm’s expected production through 2019. Per the firm, the sales agreements are with an unnamed Chinese buyer with an end destination of Henan Province. The agreement will have Metro shipping 90 percent of its planned production […]
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, China on May 20. Representatives from Shandong Xinfa Aluminium Group were on hand […]
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 Republic of China earlier this week per an announcement by the firm. The initial shipment, which consists of around 62 thousand metric tons of bauxite ore, is the first in a four-year agreement Metro has […]
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 ...
