Monthly Aluminum Market Report Feb 2025
2025-03-14 18:20:55 【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 EU seeks to ban Russian aluminum imports 4
2.2 Trump sets 25% tariffs on steel, aluminum as trade war widens 4
2.3 EEC makes final determination of AD on aluminum foil from China 4
2.4 China's first international standard for steel strip and sheet released 4
2.5 Pakistan starts AD sunset review on aluminum beverage cans from 3 countries 4
2.6 Guangxi makes major progress in exploration of strategic minerals 4
2.7 EU approves new sanctions package against Russia, diplomats say 5
3 Market Movements 5
3.1 Chinese Market 5
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite price declines 5
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina price falls further 5
3.1.3 Price of Chinese aluminum fluoride moves down further 5
3.1.4 Aluminum hydroxide price falls 5
3.1.5 Fluorspar price rebounds 5
3.1.6 Liquid caustic soda price rises 6
3.1.7 Demand for aluminum ingot 99.7%min recovering slowly 6
3.1.8 Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 market sees weak demand 6
3.1.9 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 weak 6
3.1.10 Chinese aluminum scrap consumers prudent to refill stocks 7
3.1.11 Chinese aluminum bar 6063 market sees weak demand 7
3.2 International Market 8
3.2.1 Price of Guinean bauxite slides 8
3.2.2 Export price of Australian alumina falls 8
3.2.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride export price declines 8
3.2.4 Price of imported cast aluminum alloy ingot rises 8
3.2.5 Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 export market sees rare deals 8
3.2.6 Chinese market sees few deals for imported Zorba aluminum scrap 8
4 Company News 9
4.1 Jinhe Technology to resume aluminum fluoride production 9
4.2 Laman Mining to start bauxite production 9
4.3 CTC Mining SL to restart bauxite loading 9
4.4 Seng Hiap Metal restarts bauxite production 9
4.5 CTC Mining to develop a new bauxite mine 9
4.6 South32's Worsley alumina mining project obtains federal government approval 9
4.7 ABx Group submits application for bauxite mining environmental protection license 9
4.8 Hunan Nonferrous to resume aluminum fluoride production 9
4.9 Zakia Enterprises to increase bauxite production 9
4.10 Noranda Alumina restarts normal bauxite production 10
4.11 NFC signs general contract for aluminum project in Vietnam 10
4.12 Lixin Aluminum resumes secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.13 Xinhexin Aluminum maintains aluminum bar production lines 10
4.14 Nuotaili Aluminum completes maintenance of aluminum bar production line 10
4.15 Xintai Alloy begins to heat secondary aluminum alloy furnaces of new production line 10
4.16 Hengchang Metal puts new secondary aluminum alloy production line into operation 10
4.17 Chuangfeng New Material to raise aluminum bar output 10
4.18 Zhenghe Aluminum suspends aluminum bar production 10
4.19 Aostar Aluminum completes technical reform on primary aluminum production equipment 10
4.20 Hongcheng Aluminum maintains production lines for secondary aluminum alloy ingot 10
4.21 Innovation Alloy completes construction of new production lines 11
5 Producers Statistics 11
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate up by 9.89% YOY in Feb 11
5.2 China's alumina output up by 12.43% YOY in Feb 11
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate up by 13.22% MOM in Feb 11
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output up by 23.7% YOY in Feb 12
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory up by 40% YOY in late Feb 12
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate down by 3.91% YOY in Feb 12
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output up by 22.45% YOY in Feb 12
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 83.61% in Feb 13
5.9 China's primary aluminum output down by 3.34% MOM in Feb 13
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory down by 68.64% MOM in late Feb 13
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 37.55% in Feb 13
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output down by about 7.44% MOM in Feb 14
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory up by 2.29% MOM in late Feb 14
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 46.71% in Feb 14
5.15 China's aluminum bar output down by 0.51% MOM in Feb 15
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory down by 35.27% MOM in late Feb 15
6 Consumers Statistics 15
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite up by 39.03% YOY in Feb 15
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite up by 13.96% MOM in late Feb 16
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite down by 2.04% YOY in Feb 16
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite up by 51.07% YOY in late Feb 16
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 EU seeks to ban Russian aluminum imports 4
2.2 Trump sets 25% tariffs on steel, aluminum as trade war widens 4
2.3 EEC makes final determination of AD on aluminum foil from China 4
2.4 China's first international standard for steel strip and sheet released 4
2.5 Pakistan starts AD sunset review on aluminum beverage cans from 3 countries 4
2.6 Guangxi makes major progress in exploration of strategic minerals 4
2.7 EU approves new sanctions package against Russia, diplomats say 5
3 Market Movements 5
3.1 Chinese Market 5
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite price declines 5
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina price falls further 5
3.1.3 Price of Chinese aluminum fluoride moves down further 5
3.1.4 Aluminum hydroxide price falls 5
3.1.5 Fluorspar price rebounds 5
3.1.6 Liquid caustic soda price rises 6
3.1.7 Demand for aluminum ingot 99.7%min recovering slowly 6
3.1.8 Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 market sees weak demand 6
3.1.9 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 weak 6
3.1.10 Chinese aluminum scrap consumers prudent to refill stocks 7
3.1.11 Chinese aluminum bar 6063 market sees weak demand 7
3.2 International Market 8
3.2.1 Price of Guinean bauxite slides 8
3.2.2 Export price of Australian alumina falls 8
3.2.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride export price declines 8
3.2.4 Price of imported cast aluminum alloy ingot rises 8
3.2.5 Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 export market sees rare deals 8
3.2.6 Chinese market sees few deals for imported Zorba aluminum scrap 8
4 Company News 9
4.1 Jinhe Technology to resume aluminum fluoride production 9
4.2 Laman Mining to start bauxite production 9
4.3 CTC Mining SL to restart bauxite loading 9
4.4 Seng Hiap Metal restarts bauxite production 9
4.5 CTC Mining to develop a new bauxite mine 9
4.6 South32's Worsley alumina mining project obtains federal government approval 9
4.7 ABx Group submits application for bauxite mining environmental protection license 9
4.8 Hunan Nonferrous to resume aluminum fluoride production 9
4.9 Zakia Enterprises to increase bauxite production 9
4.10 Noranda Alumina restarts normal bauxite production 10
4.11 NFC signs general contract for aluminum project in Vietnam 10
4.12 Lixin Aluminum resumes secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.13 Xinhexin Aluminum maintains aluminum bar production lines 10
4.14 Nuotaili Aluminum completes maintenance of aluminum bar production line 10
4.15 Xintai Alloy begins to heat secondary aluminum alloy furnaces of new production line 10
4.16 Hengchang Metal puts new secondary aluminum alloy production line into operation 10
4.17 Chuangfeng New Material to raise aluminum bar output 10
4.18 Zhenghe Aluminum suspends aluminum bar production 10
4.19 Aostar Aluminum completes technical reform on primary aluminum production equipment 10
4.20 Hongcheng Aluminum maintains production lines for secondary aluminum alloy ingot 10
4.21 Innovation Alloy completes construction of new production lines 11
5 Producers Statistics 11
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate up by 9.89% YOY in Feb 11
5.2 China's alumina output up by 12.43% YOY in Feb 11
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate up by 13.22% MOM in Feb 11
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output up by 23.7% YOY in Feb 12
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory up by 40% YOY in late Feb 12
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate down by 3.91% YOY in Feb 12
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output up by 22.45% YOY in Feb 12
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 83.61% in Feb 13
5.9 China's primary aluminum output down by 3.34% MOM in Feb 13
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory down by 68.64% MOM in late Feb 13
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 37.55% in Feb 13
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output down by about 7.44% MOM in Feb 14
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory up by 2.29% MOM in late Feb 14
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 46.71% in Feb 14
5.15 China's aluminum bar output down by 0.51% MOM in Feb 15
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory down by 35.27% MOM in late Feb 15
6 Consumers Statistics 15
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite up by 39.03% YOY in Feb 15
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite up by 13.96% MOM in late Feb 16
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite down by 2.04% YOY in Feb 16
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite up by 51.07% YOY in late Feb 16
