
China's domestic spot alumina prices continued their gradual downward trend last week, with sporadic discounted transactions emerging in the market, based on Mysteel's survey. The pressure was partly contributed by the persistent expectation of fresh supply coming online in southern China, leaving...
A NewPro study supports a staged 2,000-to-4,000-tonne-per-year high-purity alumina plant on the US Gulf Coast, with a post-tax NPV of about USD373 million and a 42.3 per cent IRR. Impact Minerals is advancing plans for a modular high-purity alumina (HPA) plant in the US after an independent scoping...
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The average alumina spot price in China has decreased for the second day in a row on Wednesday, November 17, found the Shanghai Metals Market. Data shows the price has slipped by RMB 54 per tonne to come in at RMB 3,712 per tonne. In Shandong, alumina spot price has plunged by RMB 125 per tonne to...

The average alumina spot price in China has decreased for the second day in a row on Wednesday, November 10. According to the Shanghai Metals Market, the price has plummeted by RMB 110 per tonne to come in at RMB 3,768 per tonne. In Shanxi, alumina spot price has seen a steep fall of RMB 175 per...

Shanghai Metals Market data showed China’s alumina production in October 2021 came in at 6.29 million tonnes, including 6.05 million tonnes of metallurgical grade alumina. On a month-on-month calculation, the output edged 1.45 per cent higher than 6.20 million tonnes, while on a year-on-year basis...

The average alumina spot price in China has declined by RMB 48 per tonne on Tuesday, November 9, following restraint on the previous day at RMB 3,926 per tonne. According to the Shanghai Metals Market, the downfall today has brought the alumina price to RMB 3,878 per tonne. In Shandong, alumina...

The average alumina spot price in China has declined for the fourth day in a row to stand below RMB 4,000 per tonne, found the Shanghai Metals Market. On Friday, November 5, the price has sharply decreased by RMB 88 per tonne to come in at RMB 3,926 per tonne. In Shandong and Guizhou, alumina price...

The average alumina spot price in China has slipped for the third day in a row by RMB 9 per tonne to stand at RMB 4,014 per tonne on Thursday, November 4, found the Shanghai Metals Market. In Shandong, Henan, and Shanxi, the price has decreased by RMB 10 per tonne to RMB 4,030 per tonne, RMB 4,040...

The average alumina spot price in China has continued to decline to stand at RMB 4,023 per tonne on Wednesday, November 3. According to the Shanghai Metals Market, the price has decreased by RMB 87 per tonne compared to the drop of RMB 9 per tonne on the previous day. In Shanxi and Henan, the...

The average alumina spot price in China has slipped by RMB 9 per tonne on November 2 after over a week-long restraint from October 22 to November 1. According to the Shanghai Metals Market data, the average alumina spot price has come in at RMB 4,110 per tonne as of November 2. In Henan and Shanxi,...

Affin Hwang Capital informed that China's energy crisis, which is projected to last until 2022, would result in some profit margin erosion in Press Metal Aluminium Holdings Bhd's earnings. According to Affin Hwang Capital, raw material supply, including alumina, carbon anode, magnesium, and silicon...

The average alumina spot price in China has continued to rise by RMB 14 per tonne to reach RMB 4,105 per tonne on Thursday, October 21, found the Shanghai Metals Market. Except in Guangxi, the alumina price in Henan and Shanxi has increased by RMB 15 per tonne to stand at RMB 4,135 per tonne. The...

After hiking for the last three days exceeding RMB 24,000 per tonne, A00 aluminium ingot price in China has recorded a sharp fall of RMB 1,120 per tonne to come at the level of RMB 23,000 per tonne. According to the Shanghai Metals Market data, A00 aluminium ingot price has settled at RMB 23,120...

A00 aluminium ingot price in China has soared by RMB 420 per tonne to close the week at RMB 23,650 per tonne on October 15, found the Shanghai Metals Market. The average prices are expected to range between RMB 23,630 per tonne and RMB 23,670 per tonne, with spot contract to be traded at a premium...

According to the Shanghai Metals Market, China’s alumina production stood at 6.20 million tonnes in September 2021 (30 days), including 5.99 million tonnes of metallurgical grade alumina. On a month-on-month calculation, the production was down by 2.97 per cent from 6.39 million tonnes. But on a...

The average alumina spot price in China has hiked by RMB 91 per tonne on Tuesday, October 12, following restraint at RMB 3,884 per tonne from October 8 to October 11. According to the Shanghai Metals Market, the increase has brought the alumina spot price to RMB 3,975 per tonne. In Henan and...

Primary aluminium input costs, right from alumina to aluminium fluoride, have resumed the market after a week-long National Day Holiday with steep growth across China on Friday, October 8, found the Shanghai Metals Market. According to SMM data, the average alumina spot price has increased by RMB...

This week a lot had happened in the Alumina industry. On Monday, September 27, the average alumina spot price had increased by RMB 126 per tonne to settle at RMB 3,733 per tonne. For September 28, the average alumina spot price was recorded at RMB 3,744 and for September 29, the spot price stood at...

Robert Montague, the Minister of Transport and Mining will be updating the parliament about the current situation of Jamalco alumina refinery which was affected by fire breakout on August 22, 2021. The alumina refinery, located in Hayes, Clarendon, was shut down initially after the fire breakout,...

According to the Shanghai Metals Market, the average alumina spot price has continued to grow for the third consecutive day to stand above RMB 3,800 per tonne. SMM data shows the price has built up by RMB 76 per tonne to come in at RMB 3,820 per tonne on Wednesday, September 29. The average alumina...