Energy costs drive China's August inflation as non-ferrous metals surge 20.8%
China's producer inflation accelerated in August as higher energy and non-ferrous metal prices pushed industrial costs higher, while weak domestic demand kept consumer inflation subdued. China's factory-gate inflation accelerated in August, with non-ferrous metal smelting and processing prices...
China’s 45Mt aluminium cap pushes producers overseas as global dominance grows
China’s aluminium industry is running close to its limits in 2026. As Shanghai aluminium prices near a three-month high, historically low raw material costs and strong smelter margins encourage producers to operate at maximum capacity. National aluminium output remains above Beijing’s...
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China’s aluminium cable exports surge 42 per cent y-o-y in Jan–Oct, on track to exceed 250,000 metric tons for the full year
Customs data shows that China’s aluminium cable exports in October 2025 reached 17,200 tons, down 25.2 per cent month-over-month but up 20.3 per cent year-over-year. Cumulative exports from January to October 2025 totalled 215,000 tons, a 42 per cent increase compared to 151,600 tons during the...
China's Nov alumina output falls 4.44% M-o-M as environmental curbs cut Northern operations
According to data from SMM, China's metallurgical-grade alumina output in November 2025 (30 days) decreased by 4.44 per cent month-on-month but increased by 1.36 per cent year-on-year. As of the end of November, China's total installed capacity for metallurgical-grade alumina stood at approximately...
SMM SME 2025: Top 10 high-quality aluminium traders released
In the aluminium industry chain, traders serve not only as the "lubricant" connecting the smelting end with the consumption end, but also as the "buffer" balancing market supply and demand, and even as the "catalyst" driving industrial upgrading. In 2025, China's aluminium industry entered a...
China’s economic crisis hits Indian aluminium hard: Price deflated & trade relations dampened
Indian aluminium market witnesses a 0.64 per cent price drop to INR 270.45 per kilogram, owing to the declining demand from China, which is otherwise the world’s largest aluminium producer cum consumer. Along with deflating pricing in the Chinese market, the SHFE inventory rise of 7.67 per cent has...
Equity purchases to give Yunnan AluminIum control of additional primary capacity
Shenzhen Stock Exchange-listed Yunnan Aluminium has reached an agreement to acquire additional equity interests in three of its subsidiaries from Yunnan Metallurgical Group for about RMB 2.27 billion (USD 320 million) through a cash-based, non-public transfer by agreement, according to a...
LME aluminium prices hit a three-year high in 2025 – Overseas views on 2026 outlook
In 2025, LME aluminium prices showed a volatile upward trend. From the beginning of the year to mid-March, prices remained relatively stable before retreating to around USD 2,400 per tonne in late March. After April, the market gradually stabilised and edged higher, until a new round of increases...
ASI certifies Qinghai Qingfeng Aluminum Co., Ltd. against Performance Standard V3.1
Qinghai Qingfeng Aluminum Co., Ltd. has achieved ASI Performance Standard V3.1 (2023) for its facility located within the Western Hydropower Aluminium Industry Co., Ltd. facility in Haidong, Qinghai Province, China. Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) today announced that Qinghai Qingfeng...
GACC: China's Oct aluminium scrap imports up 2 per cent M-o-M, 19 per cent Y-O-Y
Last month, Thailand held its position as the top aluminium scrap supplier to China, with shipments jumping 16.5 per cent on year to 26,708 tonnes, accounting for 16.9 per cent of China's total imports, but the volume slumped by 33.6 per cent from the previous month. It's worth noting that...
15 countries make it to the headline of Global EV sales 2025 with 90% contribution
World electric vehicle sales in October stood at 1,783,000 units, growing 10.5 per cent year-on-year. The cumulative sales of electric vehicles from January to October 2025 have been calculated to cross 16.5 million with a 23 per cent rise as compared to YTD 2024 (Jan-Oct). In this, China has...
ASI certifies TIANJIN TAKEUCHI PACKAGE CO., LTD against Performance Standard V3.1
TIANJIN TAKEUCHI PACKAGE CO., LTD has achieved ASI Performance Standard V3.1 (2023) for the design, manufacture, import and export and quality assurance of cosmetics containers at their facility in Tianjin City, China. Aluminium Stewardship Initiative (ASI) today announced that TIANJIN TAKEUCHI...
WEEKLY: China's alumina stocks reach new high, output remains stable
China's alumina inventories mounted further during the November 14-20 week, with stocks as of November 20 refreshing a new all-time record high, as they have for the past four weeks, Mysteel data show. But despite the persistent supply surplus, production of the raw material remained largely stable...
Yunnan Aluminium to acquire 16.7% stake as Chalco launches $127.9M foil-unit revamp
Yunnan Aluminium will acquire and consolidate stakes across three related companies after Aluminum Corporation of China (Chalco) signed a capital-contribution agreement to restructure ownership within its downstream aluminium operations, according to a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange....
Global aluminium extrusion market stabilises in 2025 as China rises, Europe slows, and growth builds across Asia, Americas and MEA
As 2025 draws to a close, the aluminium extrusion industry finds itself steadier than it started, as global usage is expected to settle at 35.25 million tonnes, just above 34.27 million tonnes in 2024, a modest 2.8 per cent increase that reflects stability in a market still navigating post-pandemic...
Market concentrated shipments and trading sentiment pull back, East China spot premiums per discounts weaken
The SHFE aluminium December contract mainly fluctuated upward in the morning session. In east China, holders offered near the SMM average price at the opening, but with concentrated selling and ample spot supply in the market, buyers preferred discounted transactions. Actual transaction prices were...
Aluminium firm Chuangxin Industries outperforms in its trading debut at SEHK
Chuangxin Industries, a leading integrated producer of electrolytic aluminium and alumina in China, has made a smart entrance in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, raising HKD 5.5 billion (USD 707 million) from the sale of 500 million shares priced at HKD 10.99 (USD1.41) each. The aluminium producer’s...
GACC: China's Jan-Oct bauxite imports jump 30 per cent Y-o-Y
Over the same ten-month period, China's alumina production reached 76.3 million tonnes, representing an 8 per cent on-year increase, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed. Since the growth in bauxite imports outpaced that of alumina output, the figures signalled an oversupply of...
Expectations for US Fed interest rate cuts rise again, aluminium prices hover at highs
Futures: On the night session of November 24, the SHFE aluminium 2601 contract opened at RMB 21,415 per tonne. After a slight dip below RMB 21,385 per tonne, prices quickly rebounded, hitting a high of RMB 21,430 per tonne, and finally closed at RMB 21,405 per tonne, up 0.12 per cent. In terms of...
China anode material margins squeezed by rising costs
According to Mysteel OilChem's tracking, the anode material producers recently suffered from increasingly squeezed profit margins due to rising petroleum coke prices and persistently low anode material prices. While anode producers have a strong desire to hike prices, the supply structure is...
