06/05/2024
Asian Metal News After completing port construction – which should be finished in the next 10 days – Guinea Dynamic Mining is set to load its first bauxite shipment of 180 kt in late May 2024. Designed with 10 mtpy capacity, the company produced…06/05/2024
Asian Metal News East Hope Sanmenxia started using imported bauxite in early May, with more than 100 kt of consumption expected in the month. With continuing tighter supply of domestic bauxite, the company has increased use of imports since the beginning of May, with monthly bauxite…06/05/2024
Aladdiny News 30th April: Domestic alumina transactions were active on the spot market before the holiday, seeing a 10 kt transaction at RMB 3,600/t in Shandong and a 3 kt transaction at RMB 3,700/t in Shanxi, up slightly from the previous trading day. During…30/04/2024
Cnal News 29th April: Nanshan Aluminum’s Q1 2024 report: Business revenue reached RMB 7.22 bln, up 5.7% y-o-y and net profits surged to RMB 851 mln, a 63.99% increase y-o-y. The company intends to expand its alumina capacity by 2 mtpy at Bintan Island…30/04/2024
Aladdiny News 30th April: An alumina refinery in Guizhou is set to start maintenance on calcination furnaces from 4~15th May 2024, curbing near-term production/delivery but impacting little over the mid-term. Bosai Wanzhou (Jiulong Wanbo) achieved a milestone by installing essential equipment including self-evaporators, separation…29/04/2024
Asian Metal News China Hydropower, a new bauxite miner in Guinea exported its first load of bauxite – a shipment of 170 kt – in mid-April 2024. The shipment is scheduled to arrive at Huanghua China in early June. The company is set to produce 200…29/04/2024
Aladdiny News As of 26th Friday, China had 103.42 mtpy of completed alumina capacity, 83.3 mtpy of which was operational. Northern refiners in Shanxi and Henan increased consumption of imported bauxite amid delayed resumptions by local mines. According to Aladdiny, imported bauxite consumption exceeded that of…29/04/2024
Aladdiny News As of 26th Friday, Aladdiny’s comprehensive alumina prices in northern China rose by RMB 105/t w-o-w to RMB 3,360~3,380/t and the weighted average national alumina price lifted by RMB 133/t w-o-w to RMB 3,440/t. Alumina futures prices hit a yearly high at SHFE this…29/04/2024
Aladdiny News 23rd April: The groundbreaking ceremony for a low-grade bauxite treatment project took place at Guangxi Longzhou Xinxiang Ecological Aluminum Industry Co., Ltd. The project, with a total investment of RMB 4.28 bln, will expand its existing 1 mtpy alumina capacity by an additional 700…29/04/2024
Aladdiny News The civil engineering component of Shuangyuan Aluminum’s technical renovation and expansion project has been completed, with equipment installation work currently underway. More than 90 electrolytic cells have been installed. The project will be ready to be powered up by end-May and the…
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