The diesel anode transport vehicle independently developed by Guizhou Aluminum Plant has successfully passed factory inspection and been officially loaded for shipment to Kazakhstan. The anode transport vehicle is a core specialised equipment for aluminium electrolysis production, facing harsh...
Futures: The most-traded SHFE aluminium contract opened at RMB 24,400 per tonne in the night session on September 7, reached a high of RMB 24,470 per tonne and a low of RMB 24,335 per tonne, and closed at RMB 24,450 per tonne, up 30 from the previous close, a gain of 0.12 per cent. Prices traded...
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Futures: The most-traded SHFE aluminium 2610 contract closed at RMB 23,975 per tonne, up RMB 175 from yesterday's settlement, a gain of 0.74 per cent with an intraday open of RMB 23,730 per tonne and fluctuations between RMB 23,720 and RMB 24,075 per tonne. Prices were above the MA5 (23,760.00),...
China's bauxite imports totalled 19.04 million tonnes in July 2026, down 6.28 per cent month-on-month (M-o-M) and 4.6 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y), according to data from the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China (GACC). Cumulative imports for January-July reached...
Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) today announced that Chongqing Jiantao Aluminium Co., Ltd. has been certified against the ASI Performance Standard V3.1 (2023). The facility produces recycled aluminium alloys and aluminium castings for the automotive, motorcycle, general machinery and...
According to customs data, China's exports of aluminium plate/sheet and strip (including aluminium plates, sheets, strips, and aluminium-plastic composite panels) reached 321,900 tonnes in July 2026. On a M-o-M basis, July exports fell 9.1 per cent from June's 354,000 tonnes, a decrease of about...
The most-traded SHFE aluminium 2610 contract closed at RMB 23,815 per tonne, up RMB 30 from yesterday's settlement price, an increase of 0.13 per cent. It opened at RMB 23,790 per tonne during the session, fluctuating in a range of RMB 23,780-23,940 per tonne. Prices traded above MA5 (23,712.00)...
According to the latest data from the General Administration of Customs of China, cumulative exports of Chinese aluminium foil (HS code 7607 series) totalled 802,000 tonnes in January-July 2026, of which July exports stood at 118,800 tonnes, down 9.3 per cent M-o-M from the June high of 131,000...
China's automotive industry remained broadly stable in July 2026, though the market entered its traditional off-season, with both month-on-month and year-on-year sales declining. However, the penetration rate of electric vehicles (EVs) hit a record high, with the decline largely driven by...
China’s new energy vehicle retail sales declined in the first 16 days of August, but the segment continued to outperform the wider passenger-car market as higher fuel costs weighed more heavily on demand for petrol vehicles. Passenger NEV retail sales reached 399,000 units from August 1 to August...
According to customs data, China's prebaked anode exports in July 2026 totalled 211,700 tonnes, up 21.86 per cent Y-o-Y and down 24.40 per cent M-o-M. In terms of price, the average export price of prebaked anode in July was approximately USD 1,031.80 per tonne, up 24.94 per cent Y-o-Y and up 12.34...
Aluminium scrap: This week, domestic aluminium scrap prices in China followed the primary aluminium pullback, showing a pattern of high-level weakness. However, cost support remained, limiting the decline. On August 20, SMM A00 spot aluminium ingot prices closed at RMB 23,600 per tonne, down RMB...
Nanshan Aluminium International sold 15 per cent more alumina in the first half of 2026, but a 39.5 per cent fall in its average selling price drove profit down nearly 75 per cent, showing how quickly a commodity-price downturn can outweigh rising sales volumes. The Hong Kong-listed producer...
This week, China’s social inventory of cast aluminium alloy ingots recorded 28,100 mt, up 2,500 mt WoW, marking the second consecutive week of inventory buildup, with the buildup magnitude further widening from last week. Currently in the demand off-season, downstream purchase willingness is low,...
US retail sales and consumer confidence data weakened in July, and corporate inflation expectations pulled back slightly. Adjustments in overseas US Treasury operations, a consolidating US dollar, and expectations for US Fed interest rate cuts repeatedly disrupted the base metals sector. CME data...
India’s rapidly expanding secondary aluminium industry is facing a shortage of domestic scrap, leaving recyclers dependent on overseas suppliers and vulnerable to changing trade policies in major exporting regions. Secondary aluminium production has increased from approximately 0.85 million tonnes...
Aluminium’s circular economy is no longer a sustainability side story — it is becoming a contest over who controls scrap, who sets the compliance bar, and who can afford the energy to keep smelting. On one hand, recycled aluminium is being tested, as dross piles up in China, scrap ships out of the...
According to SMM statistics, as of August 20, aluminium billet inventory in China's major consumption areas recorded 143,000 tonnes, with an inventory buildup of 500 tonnes from last Monday and 6,000 tonnes from last Thursday, maintaining a continuous buildup pace. Compared with the same period,...
While the traditional summer off-season of 2026 draws to a close, domestic traders' aluminium inventory has successfully dropped below the critical threshold of 900,000 tonnes. This move has completely defied the seasonal pattern of inventory buildup typically seen between June and August, marking...
Futures: The most-traded SHFE aluminium contract opened at RMB 23,500 per tonne in the night session on August 20, hit a high of RMB 23,615 per tonne and a low of RMB 23,465 per tonne, and closed at RMB 23,520 per tonne, down 0.32 per cent from the previous settlement. Dragged by the LME's...
