Asian Metal visits Henan Zhongmei Aluminum and Henan International Mining

On the morning of March 21, Mr. Friday Gao, Consultant of Asian Metal visited Henan Zhongmei Aluminum Co., Ltd., with annual alumina capacity of 400,000t.

Mr. Gao met with Mr. Lu Haiyang, Director of Marketing & Supply department of the company and Mr. Zhao Yuejian and Mr. Jin Yufeng, purchase manager and sales manager.

They talked about current alumina and bauxite markets. According to Mr. Lu, a few alumina refineries in China suffer losses at the current low alumina prices but rising prices of bauxite and liquid caustic soda.

In the afternoon, Mr. Gao visited Henan International Mining Co., Ltd., who owns bauxite mines in Guinea and produced around 3 million tonnes in 2017, which may rise to 5 million tonnes at least this year.

Mr. Gao had a meeting with Mr. Shi Huilu and Mr. Zhao Dong, Vice General Manager and Office Director of the company. They talked about the Guinean bauxite market and Chinese demand.