Monthly Aluminum Market Report Sep 2024
2024-10-23 18:14:35 【Print】
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1 Market Highlights 4
1.1 Bauxite 4
1.2 Alumina 4
1.3 Aluminum fluoride 4
1.4 Primary aluminum 4
1.5 Secondary aluminum alloy ingot 4
1.6 Aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 4
1.7 Aluminum scrap 4
1.8 Aluminum bar 4
2 Policy and Economy 4
2.1 India proposes to impose AD duties on China's aluminum foil 4
2.2 Bullish sentiment on Brent and WTI crude oil hits historic low 4
2.3 China launches anti-discrimination probe against Canada's tariffs hikes 4
3 Market Movements 4
3.1 Chinese Market 4
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite price soars 4
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina price increases rapidly 4
3.1.3 Price of Australian alumina soars 5
3.1.4 Price of Chinese aluminum fluoride soars 5
3.1.5 Aluminum hydroxide price rises 5
3.1.6 Fluorspar price moves up 5
3.1.7 Liquid caustic soda price declines 5
3.1.8 Aluminum ingot 99.7%min price rises with fluctuations 5
3.1.9 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 increases 6
3.1.10 Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 market still sees weak demand 6
3.1.11 Chinese cast aluminum scrap market still sees short supply 6
3.1.12 Demand for Chinese aluminum bar 6063 declines 7
3.2 International Market 8
3.2.1 Price of Guinean bauxite rises 8
3.2.2 Export price of Australian alumina surges 8
3.2.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride export price moves down 8
3.2.4 Price of imported cast aluminum alloy ingot soars 8
3.2.5 Export prices for aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 rise 8
3.2.6 Prices for imported Zorba aluminum scrap in Chinese market up 8
4 Company News 9
4.1 GBC to increase bauxite production 9
4.2 Hetai Technology resumes aluminum fluoride production 9
4.3 Yellow River's bauxite port starts commissioning in Guinea 9
4.4 Do-Fluoride resumes production 9
4.5 UMD to start bauxite mining equipment maintenance 9
4.6 Qiya Aluminum to reach full alumina production 9
4.7 Fire incident at Press Metal Phase 3 Samalaju smelter 9
4.8 Ashapura's bauxite loading port in Boffa starts commercial operation 9
4.9 Laman Mining schedules to receive a bauxite mining license 9
4.10 Frisco Metales restarts normal secondary aluminum alloys production 9
4.11 Zhongqiang Nonferrous Metals restarts secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.12 Shuofeng Aluminum suspends aluminum bar production 10
4.13 Netherlands's sole primary aluminum producer halts production 10
4.14 Magre Light Metal puts aluminum alloy production line into operation 10
4.15 Danjiangkou Aluminum to put second production line in second phase project into operation 10
4.16 Zhongfu New Material overhauls aluminum alloy production equipment 10
4.17 Wantai Aluminum resumes secondary aluminum alloy production 10
4.18 Huangguoshu Aluminum resumes primary aluminum production 10
4.19 Gravita Ghana to increase secondary aluminum alloys production 10
4.20 Diantou Energy begins construction of green aluminum project 10
5 Producers Statistics 11
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate up by 11.41% YOY in Sep 11
5.2 China's alumina output up by 7.85% YOY in Sep 11
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate up by 33.59% YOY in Sep 11
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output up by 21.75% YOY in Sep 12
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory down by 3.13% MOM in late Sep 12
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate down by 11.92% MOM in Sep 13
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output down by 11.70% MOM in Sep 13
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 86.71% in late Sep 13
5.9 China's primary aluminum output unchanged MOM in Sep 14
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory down by 4.73% MOM in late Sep 14
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 43.68% in Sep 15
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output up by about 5.23% MOM in Sep 15
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory down by 3.05% MOM in late Sep 16
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 51.41% in Sep 16
5.15 China's aluminum bar output up by 0.02% MOM in Sep 17
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory up by 10.95% MOM in late Sep 17
6 Consumers Statistics 18
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite up by 22.95% YOY in Sep 18
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite down by 11.02% MOM in late Sep 18
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite down by 17.48% YOY in Sep 19
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite down by 22.63% YOY in late Sep 19
7. Customs Statistics 19
7.1 China's bauxite import volume up by 33.62% YOY in Aug 19
7.2 China's alumina imports down by 91.09% MOM in Aug 20
7.3 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume up by 184.22% MOM in Aug 20
7.4 China's low density aluminum fluoride export volume up by 32.08% MOM in Aug 21
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum(Al＜99.95%) import volume rose 25.74% MoM in Aug 2024 21
7.6 China's unwrought aluminum alloy import volume fell 12.58% MoM in Aug 2024 22
7.7 China's aluminum scrap import volume up by 1.69% MOM in Aug 23
7.8 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume increased 25.78% MoM in Aug 2024 23
1.1 Bauxite 4
1.2 Alumina 4
1.3 Aluminum fluoride 4
1.4 Primary aluminum 4
1.5 Secondary aluminum alloy ingot 4
1.6 Aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 4
1.7 Aluminum scrap 4
1.8 Aluminum bar 4
2 Policy and Economy 4
2.1 India proposes to impose AD duties on China's aluminum foil 4
2.2 Bullish sentiment on Brent and WTI crude oil hits historic low 4
2.3 China launches anti-discrimination probe against Canada's tariffs hikes 4
3 Market Movements 4
3.1 Chinese Market 4
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite price soars 4
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina price increases rapidly 4
3.1.3 Price of Australian alumina soars 5
3.1.4 Price of Chinese aluminum fluoride soars 5
3.1.5 Aluminum hydroxide price rises 5
3.1.6 Fluorspar price moves up 5
3.1.7 Liquid caustic soda price declines 5
3.1.8 Aluminum ingot 99.7%min price rises with fluctuations 5
3.1.9 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 increases 6
3.1.10 Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 market still sees weak demand 6
3.1.11 Chinese cast aluminum scrap market still sees short supply 6
3.1.12 Demand for Chinese aluminum bar 6063 declines 7
3.2 International Market 8
3.2.1 Price of Guinean bauxite rises 8
3.2.2 Export price of Australian alumina surges 8
3.2.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride export price moves down 8
3.2.4 Price of imported cast aluminum alloy ingot soars 8
3.2.5 Export prices for aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 rise 8
3.2.6 Prices for imported Zorba aluminum scrap in Chinese market up 8
4 Company News 9
4.1 GBC to increase bauxite production 9
4.2 Hetai Technology resumes aluminum fluoride production 9
4.3 Yellow River's bauxite port starts commissioning in Guinea 9
4.4 Do-Fluoride resumes production 9
4.5 UMD to start bauxite mining equipment maintenance 9
4.6 Qiya Aluminum to reach full alumina production 9
4.7 Fire incident at Press Metal Phase 3 Samalaju smelter 9
4.8 Ashapura's bauxite loading port in Boffa starts commercial operation 9
4.9 Laman Mining schedules to receive a bauxite mining license 9
4.10 Frisco Metales restarts normal secondary aluminum alloys production 9
4.11 Zhongqiang Nonferrous Metals restarts secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.12 Shuofeng Aluminum suspends aluminum bar production 10
4.13 Netherlands's sole primary aluminum producer halts production 10
4.14 Magre Light Metal puts aluminum alloy production line into operation 10
4.15 Danjiangkou Aluminum to put second production line in second phase project into operation 10
4.16 Zhongfu New Material overhauls aluminum alloy production equipment 10
4.17 Wantai Aluminum resumes secondary aluminum alloy production 10
4.18 Huangguoshu Aluminum resumes primary aluminum production 10
4.19 Gravita Ghana to increase secondary aluminum alloys production 10
4.20 Diantou Energy begins construction of green aluminum project 10
5 Producers Statistics 11
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate up by 11.41% YOY in Sep 11
5.2 China's alumina output up by 7.85% YOY in Sep 11
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate up by 33.59% YOY in Sep 11
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output up by 21.75% YOY in Sep 12
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory down by 3.13% MOM in late Sep 12
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate down by 11.92% MOM in Sep 13
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output down by 11.70% MOM in Sep 13
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 86.71% in late Sep 13
5.9 China's primary aluminum output unchanged MOM in Sep 14
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory down by 4.73% MOM in late Sep 14
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 43.68% in Sep 15
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output up by about 5.23% MOM in Sep 15
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory down by 3.05% MOM in late Sep 16
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 51.41% in Sep 16
5.15 China's aluminum bar output up by 0.02% MOM in Sep 17
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory up by 10.95% MOM in late Sep 17
6 Consumers Statistics 18
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite up by 22.95% YOY in Sep 18
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite down by 11.02% MOM in late Sep 18
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite down by 17.48% YOY in Sep 19
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite down by 22.63% YOY in late Sep 19
7. Customs Statistics 19
7.1 China's bauxite import volume up by 33.62% YOY in Aug 19
7.2 China's alumina imports down by 91.09% MOM in Aug 20
7.3 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume up by 184.22% MOM in Aug 20
7.4 China's low density aluminum fluoride export volume up by 32.08% MOM in Aug 21
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum(Al＜99.95%) import volume rose 25.74% MoM in Aug 2024 21
7.6 China's unwrought aluminum alloy import volume fell 12.58% MoM in Aug 2024 22
7.7 China's aluminum scrap import volume up by 1.69% MOM in Aug 23
7.8 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume increased 25.78% MoM in Aug 2024 23
