According to the latest update from Shanghai Metals Market, State Power Investment Corporation Shanxi Aluminium has recommenced its bauxite mining project in Kuancaoping Town of Ningwu County on Saturday, April 20. The news came after it was released on the Ningwu government website on Tuesday, April 23.

The construction of the mine had initially started in February 2010. Then due to some historic issues, project was on halt for about a decade.

The mining license for the project was obtained from the Department of Land and Resources of Shanxi province in December 2012, SMM learned. 

SPIC is one of China's top five power generators, and an integrated energy group with power as its core. It has a total installed capacity of 107.4 GW, including 68.27 GW of thermal power, 20.94 GW of hydropower, 3,356.5 MW of nuclear power, 4,849.9 MW of solar power and 9,978.3 MW of wind power, with clean energy accounting for 40.06% of the total, demonstrating a distinctive clean development feature. It also owns a coal production capacity of 80.4 million tons per year (t/y), aluminum smelting capacity of 2.49 million t/y and railway transportation line of 331 km.