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Gränges Partners With China’s Shandong Innovation Group On Aluminium Recycling And Casting Plant In Yunnan

Gränges Partners With China’s Shandong Innovation Group On Aluminium Recycling And Casting Plant In Yunnan

Swedish rolled aluminium firm Gränges AB announced this week the formation of a joint venture with China’s Shandong Innovation Group (SIG) aimed at building an aluminium recycling and casting plant in southwest China. Per the firm, the joint venture has arranged for...

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China Hongqiao Aluminium Capacity Move To Yunnan Postponed Due To Power Cuts

The world’s biggest non-state-owned aluminium producer China Hongqiao Group said last week the planned relocation of aluminium capacity to Yunnan has been postponed due to energy limits put in place by the provincial government. Hongqiao chairman Zhang Bo said at Antaike’s China International Aluminium Week on Wednesday that the move of 3 million metric tons […]

Yunnan Regulators Order Further Aluminium Output Cuts As Winter Approaches

Regulators in Yunnan province have warned aluminium producers powered by hydropower sources to keep average monthly outputs at August levels for the remainder of the year. A document from the Yunnan Development and Reform Commission obtained by Reuters ordered the cuts, which come on top of 1 million metric tons per annum of capacity that […]

China To Release Up To 900 MMT Of Primary Aluminium In Coming Months: CRU

An expert on the metals market in the People’s Republic of China advised its clients that the Middle Kingdom is preparing to release hundreds of thousands of metric tons of raw aluminium in an effort at depressing the market for the metal. According to CRU, China’s National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration could release between […]

Aluminium Capacity Destination Yunnan’s Governor Under Investigation On Corruption Charges

Authorities in the People’s Republic of China are investigating the governor of a province that is quickly becoming the country’s new home for aluminium production on corruption allegations. Governor of Yunnan province Zhang Xiulan is under investigation by China’s anti-corruption department Commission for Discipline Inspection, which the commission made public via a statement released last […]