Monthly Aluminum Market Report Apr 2025
2025-05-19 08:26:45 【Print】
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Contents
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 records robust growth in metal production during FY 2024-25 4
2.2 China takes countermeasures against US tariffs 4
2.3 China's Q1 foreign trade hits all-time high 4
2.4 IAI: Global primary aluminum production grows in Mar y-o-y 4
2.5 Peru imposes AD duties on China's base metal standard table cutlery 4
3 Market Movements 4
3.1 Chinese Market 4
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite price slips 4
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina price rebounds 5
3.1.3 Price of Chinese aluminum fluoride rises and falls 5
3.1.4 Aluminum hydroxide price drops 5
3.1.5 Fluorspar price increases 5
3.1.6 Liquid caustic soda price slides 5
3.1.7 Price of aluminum ingot 99.7%min declines 5
3.1.8 Price of Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 keeps falling 6
3.1.9 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 still weak 6
3.1.10 Chinese aluminum scrap market sees tight supply 6
3.1.11 Chinese aluminum bar 6063 market sees strong demand 7
3.2 International Market 7
3.2.1 Price of Guinean bauxite falls rapidly 7
3.2.2 Export price of Australian alumina hits bottom and rebounds 8
3.2.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride export price rises 8
3.2.4 Price of imported cast aluminum alloy ingot rebounds 8
3.2.5 Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 export market sees weak demand 8
3.2.6 Chinese market sees few deals for imported Zorba aluminum scrap 8
4 Company News 8
4.1 BMI ready to export bauxite by cape-size vessels 8
4.2 VALCO plans to expand aluminum production capacity 9
4.3 Alufer Mining to resume bauxite production 9
4.4 Demireller Mining to restart bauxite production 9
4.5 QAM increases bauxite production 9
4.6 Dynamic Mining to raise bauxite production 9
4.7 Jinruida Aluminum to finish aluminum fluoride equipment maintenance 9
4.8 Rio Tinto sees significant increase in bauxite production in Q1 9
4.9 Montenegro UMD cuts bauxite production 9
4.10 Jinzhong Aluminum cuts alumina production 9
4.11 Nanping Aluminum completes upgrading for aluminum bar equipment 9
4.12 Yuantai High Conductive Materials raises aluminum bar production 9
4.13 Chalco Qinghai Aluminum & Electricity puts primary aluminum into production 9
4.14 Zhongfu Technology completes production resumption of primary aluminum 10
4.15 Zhongqiang Nonferrous Metals resumes secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.16 Xincheng Yongchuang shuts down one smelting furnace of secondary aluminum alloy 10
4.17 Hengtai Aluminum suspends aluminum bar production 10
4.18 Yongfeng Alloy Material resumes aluminum bar production 10
4.19 Yifan Aluminum launches new aluminum bar production equipment 10
4.20 Innovation Alloy adds new furnace to boost aluminum bar production 10
4.21 Longmiao Aluminum Industry to resume secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.22 Xinzhipeng High-tech to commission new aluminum bar production line 10
5 Producers Statistics 10
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate down by 2.91% MOM in Apr 10
5.2 China's alumina output down by 1.97% MOM in Apr 11
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate down by 8.4% MOM in Apr 11
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output up by 11.82% YOY in Apr 11
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory down by 37% MOM in late Apr 12
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate down by 8.52% YOY in Apr 12
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output up by 13.44% YOY in Apr 12
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 87.28% in Apr 12
5.9 China's primary aluminum output up by 0.25% MOM in Apr 13
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory down by 11.28% MOM in late Apr 13
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 46.05% in Apr 13
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output down by about 3.33% MOM in Apr 13
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory up by 16.44% MOM in late Apr 14
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 51% in Apr 14
5.15 China's aluminum bar output down by 0.17% MOM in Apr 14
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory down by 50.05% MOM in late Apr 15
6 Consumers Statistics 15
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite down by 8.71% MOM in Apr 15
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite down by 14.38% YOY in late Apr 15
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite up by 26.89% YOY in Apr 16
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite down by 12.93% MOM in late Apr 16
7. Customs Statistics 16
7.1 China's bauxite import volume up by 14.23% YOY in Mar 16
7.2 China's alumina imports down by 89.70% YOY in Mar 17
7.3 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume down by 45.03% YOY in Mar 17
7.4 China's low-density aluminum fluoride export volume up by 574.16% YOY in Mar 17
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum(Al＜99.95%) import volume declined 11.01% YoY in Mar 2025 17
7.6 China's unwrought aluminum alloy import volume down by 2.56% MoM in Mar 18
7.7 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume up by 3.95% MoM in Mar 18
7.8 China's aluminum scrap import volume increased 11.61% MoM in Mar 2025 19
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 records robust growth in metal production during FY 2024-25 4
2.2 China takes countermeasures against US tariffs 4
2.3 China's Q1 foreign trade hits all-time high 4
2.4 IAI: Global primary aluminum production grows in Mar y-o-y 4
2.5 Peru imposes AD duties on China's base metal standard table cutlery 4
3 Market Movements 4
3.1 Chinese Market 4
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite price slips 4
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina price rebounds 5
3.1.3 Price of Chinese aluminum fluoride rises and falls 5
3.1.4 Aluminum hydroxide price drops 5
3.1.5 Fluorspar price increases 5
3.1.6 Liquid caustic soda price slides 5
3.1.7 Price of aluminum ingot 99.7%min declines 5
3.1.8 Price of Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 keeps falling 6
3.1.9 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 still weak 6
3.1.10 Chinese aluminum scrap market sees tight supply 6
3.1.11 Chinese aluminum bar 6063 market sees strong demand 7
3.2 International Market 7
3.2.1 Price of Guinean bauxite falls rapidly 7
3.2.2 Export price of Australian alumina hits bottom and rebounds 8
3.2.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride export price rises 8
3.2.4 Price of imported cast aluminum alloy ingot rebounds 8
3.2.5 Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 export market sees weak demand 8
3.2.6 Chinese market sees few deals for imported Zorba aluminum scrap 8
4 Company News 8
4.1 BMI ready to export bauxite by cape-size vessels 8
4.2 VALCO plans to expand aluminum production capacity 9
4.3 Alufer Mining to resume bauxite production 9
4.4 Demireller Mining to restart bauxite production 9
4.5 QAM increases bauxite production 9
4.6 Dynamic Mining to raise bauxite production 9
4.7 Jinruida Aluminum to finish aluminum fluoride equipment maintenance 9
4.8 Rio Tinto sees significant increase in bauxite production in Q1 9
4.9 Montenegro UMD cuts bauxite production 9
4.10 Jinzhong Aluminum cuts alumina production 9
4.11 Nanping Aluminum completes upgrading for aluminum bar equipment 9
4.12 Yuantai High Conductive Materials raises aluminum bar production 9
4.13 Chalco Qinghai Aluminum & Electricity puts primary aluminum into production 9
4.14 Zhongfu Technology completes production resumption of primary aluminum 10
4.15 Zhongqiang Nonferrous Metals resumes secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.16 Xincheng Yongchuang shuts down one smelting furnace of secondary aluminum alloy 10
4.17 Hengtai Aluminum suspends aluminum bar production 10
4.18 Yongfeng Alloy Material resumes aluminum bar production 10
4.19 Yifan Aluminum launches new aluminum bar production equipment 10
4.20 Innovation Alloy adds new furnace to boost aluminum bar production 10
4.21 Longmiao Aluminum Industry to resume secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.22 Xinzhipeng High-tech to commission new aluminum bar production line 10
5 Producers Statistics 10
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate down by 2.91% MOM in Apr 10
5.2 China's alumina output down by 1.97% MOM in Apr 11
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate down by 8.4% MOM in Apr 11
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output up by 11.82% YOY in Apr 11
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory down by 37% MOM in late Apr 12
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate down by 8.52% YOY in Apr 12
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output up by 13.44% YOY in Apr 12
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 87.28% in Apr 12
5.9 China's primary aluminum output up by 0.25% MOM in Apr 13
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory down by 11.28% MOM in late Apr 13
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 46.05% in Apr 13
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output down by about 3.33% MOM in Apr 13
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory up by 16.44% MOM in late Apr 14
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 51% in Apr 14
5.15 China's aluminum bar output down by 0.17% MOM in Apr 14
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory down by 50.05% MOM in late Apr 15
6 Consumers Statistics 15
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite down by 8.71% MOM in Apr 15
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite down by 14.38% YOY in late Apr 15
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite up by 26.89% YOY in Apr 16
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite down by 12.93% MOM in late Apr 16
7. Customs Statistics 16
7.1 China's bauxite import volume up by 14.23% YOY in Mar 16
7.2 China's alumina imports down by 89.70% YOY in Mar 17
7.3 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume down by 45.03% YOY in Mar 17
7.4 China's low-density aluminum fluoride export volume up by 574.16% YOY in Mar 17
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum(Al＜99.95%) import volume declined 11.01% YoY in Mar 2025 17
7.6 China's unwrought aluminum alloy import volume down by 2.56% MoM in Mar 18
7.7 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume up by 3.95% MoM in Mar 18
7.8 China's aluminum scrap import volume increased 11.61% MoM in Mar 2025 19
