Monthly Aluminum Market Report Apr 2024
2024-05-16 17:51:39 【Print】
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1 Market Highlights 5
1.1 Chinese origin bauxite 5
1.2 Imported bauxite 5
1.3 Alumina 5
1.4 Aluminum fluoride 5
1.5 Primary aluminum 5
1.6 Secondary aluminum alloy ingot 5
1.7 Aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 5
1.8 Aluminum scrap 5
1.9 Aluminum bar 5
2 Policy and Economy 5
2.1 Shanxi reinforces mine safety measures 5
2.2 Japan introduces exports ban on 164 types of goods to Russia 5
2.3 LME bans Russian-origin metal after UK, US impose new sanctions 5
2.4 Red Sea transport crisis eased 5
3 Market Movements 5
3.1 Chinese Market 5
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite price moves up 5
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina price soars 5
3.1.3 Price of Australian alumina surges 6
3.1.4 Price of Chinese aluminum fluoride increases further 6
3.1.5 Aluminum hydroxide price soars 6
3.1.6 Aluminum ingot 99.7%min price rises 6
3.1.7 Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 prices move up 7
3.1.8 Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 market still sees weak demand 7
3.1.9 Chinese cast aluminum scrap market still sees sufficient supply 7
3.1.10 Chinese aluminum bar 6063 market sees weak demand 8
3.2 International Market 8
3.2.1 Price of Guinean bauxite moves down 8
3.2.2 Export price of Australian alumina rebounds 8
3.2.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride export price rises rapidly 8
3.2.4 Price of imported cast aluminum alloy ingot increases 8
3.2.5 Export price of Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 moves up 9
3.2.6 Chinese market sees few deals for imported Zorba aluminum scrap 9
4 Company News 9
4.1 Inner Mongolia Xinwang starts alumina equipment repairing 9
4.2 Xingxiang Fluoride Chemicals to increase production 9
4.3 Vietnam to invest $7.3bn to boost alumina, aluminum production 9
4.4 Gravita India cuts secondary aluminum alloys production 9
4.5 Vedanta Aluminium expands alumina refining capacity 10
4.6 Antam renews bauxite mining permit 10
4.7 Ashapura restarts bauxite loading 10
4.8 Zhongtian Chemical starts aluminum fluoride equipment maintenance 10
4.9 Tianyuan Chemical finishes alumina equipment maintenance 10
4.10 Wanji Aluminum plans to restart one alumina production line 10
4.11 Hebao Metal maintains aluminum bar production equipment 10
4.12 Kailong New Materials cuts aluminum bar production 10
4.13 Hongcheng Aluminum completes secondary aluminum alloy production equipment maintenance 10
4.14 Zhanci New Material completes maintenance of secondary aluminum alloy ingot production equipment 10
4.15 Juming Technology suspends secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.16 Baikuang Aluminum puts primary aluminum into production 11
4.17 Yunnan Shenhuo Aluminum to complete resumption of primary aluminum production 11
4.18 Qiya Aluminum resumes primary aluminum production 11
4.19 Jinfeng Metal resumes secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 11
4.20 Xinyue New Material to see decline in aluminum bar production 11
4.21 Suzhou Yadelin to complete maintenance on secondary aluminum alloy equipment 11
5 Producers Statistics 11
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate up by 1.76% MOM in Apr 11
5.2 China's alumina output up by 1.77% MOM in Apr 12
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate up by 13.14% MOM in Apr 12
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output down by 3.04% MOM in Apr 13
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory down by 31.37% MOM in late Apr 13
5.6 Chinese bauxite producers' operating rate down by 21.92% YOY in Apr 14
5.7 Chinese bauxite producers' output down by 24.22% YOY in Apr 14
5.8 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate down by 4.39% MOM in Apr 15
5.9 Guinean bauxite producers' output up by 4.11% YOY in Apr 15
5.10 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 84.55% in late Apr 15
5.11 China's primary aluminum output up by 0.41% MOM in Apr 16
5.12 China's primary aluminum inventory down by 33.28% MOM in late Apr 16
5.13 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 45.6% in Apr 17
5.14 China's secondary aluminum alloy output up by about 0.23% MOM in Apr 17
5.15 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory up by 23.76% MOM in late Apr 18
5.16 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 52.04% in Apr 18
5.17 China's aluminum bar output down by 0.84% MOM in Apr 19
5.18 China's aluminum bar inventory down by 29.71% MOM in late Apr 19
6 Consumers Statistics 20
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite up by 11.88% YOY in Apr 20
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite up by 1.29% MOM in late Apr 20
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite down by 21.31% YOY in Apr 21
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite down by 25.21% YOY in late Apr 21
7. Customs Statistics 22
7.1 China's bauxite import volume up by 5.19% MOM in Mar 22
7.2 China's alumina imports up by 334.01% YOY in Mar 22
7.3 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume down by 54.14% YOY in Mar 23
7.4 China's unwrought aluminum(Al＜99.95%) import volume increased 245.90% YoY in Mar 2024 23
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum alloy import volume up by 8.67% MoM in Mar 24
7.6 China's aluminum scrap import volume grew 57.08% MoM in Mar 2024 24
7.7 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume declined 13.09% MoM in Mar 2024 25
8 Relevant Industry News 26
8.1 Fluorspar price soars 26
8.2 Liquid caustic soda price slides 26
9 Market Outlook for Next Month 26
9.1 Chinese market 26
9.1.1 Bauxite Al/Si=5.0 delivered China 26
9.1.2 Alumina 98.5%min EXW China 27
9.1.3 Australian alumina 98.5%min delivered at Chinese ports 27
9.1.4 Aluminum fluoride 61%min EXW China 27
9.1.5 Aluminum hydroxide 64.5%min EXW China 27
9.1.6 Fluorspar dry powder 97%min delivered China 27
9.1.7 Liquid caustic soda 32%min delivered China 27
9.1.8 Aluminum ingot 99.7%min 27
9.1.9 Cast aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 EXW China 27
9.1.10 Aluminum bar 6063 φ120mm EXW in warehouse 27
9.1.11 Aluminum scrap aluminum foundry scrap Al 91%min delivered China 27
9.2 International Market 27
9.2.1 Guinean bauxite Al2O3 45%min SiO2 3%max CIF China 27
9.2.2 Alumina 98.5%min FOB Australia 27
9.2.3 Aluminum fluoride 61%min FOB China 27
9.2.4 Cast aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 CIF China 27
9.2.5 Cast aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 FOB China 27
9.2.6 Zorba aluminum scrap 98-1 CIF China 27
1.1 Chinese origin bauxite 5
1.2 Imported bauxite 5
1.3 Alumina 5
1.4 Aluminum fluoride 5
1.5 Primary aluminum 5
1.6 Secondary aluminum alloy ingot 5
1.7 Aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 5
1.8 Aluminum scrap 5
1.9 Aluminum bar 5
2 Policy and Economy 5
2.1 Shanxi reinforces mine safety measures 5
2.2 Japan introduces exports ban on 164 types of goods to Russia 5
2.3 LME bans Russian-origin metal after UK, US impose new sanctions 5
2.4 Red Sea transport crisis eased 5
3 Market Movements 5
3.1 Chinese Market 5
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite price moves up 5
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina price soars 5
3.1.3 Price of Australian alumina surges 6
3.1.4 Price of Chinese aluminum fluoride increases further 6
3.1.5 Aluminum hydroxide price soars 6
3.1.6 Aluminum ingot 99.7%min price rises 6
3.1.7 Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 prices move up 7
3.1.8 Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 market still sees weak demand 7
3.1.9 Chinese cast aluminum scrap market still sees sufficient supply 7
3.1.10 Chinese aluminum bar 6063 market sees weak demand 8
3.2 International Market 8
3.2.1 Price of Guinean bauxite moves down 8
3.2.2 Export price of Australian alumina rebounds 8
3.2.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride export price rises rapidly 8
3.2.4 Price of imported cast aluminum alloy ingot increases 8
3.2.5 Export price of Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 moves up 9
3.2.6 Chinese market sees few deals for imported Zorba aluminum scrap 9
4 Company News 9
4.1 Inner Mongolia Xinwang starts alumina equipment repairing 9
4.2 Xingxiang Fluoride Chemicals to increase production 9
4.3 Vietnam to invest $7.3bn to boost alumina, aluminum production 9
4.4 Gravita India cuts secondary aluminum alloys production 9
4.5 Vedanta Aluminium expands alumina refining capacity 10
4.6 Antam renews bauxite mining permit 10
4.7 Ashapura restarts bauxite loading 10
4.8 Zhongtian Chemical starts aluminum fluoride equipment maintenance 10
4.9 Tianyuan Chemical finishes alumina equipment maintenance 10
4.10 Wanji Aluminum plans to restart one alumina production line 10
4.11 Hebao Metal maintains aluminum bar production equipment 10
4.12 Kailong New Materials cuts aluminum bar production 10
4.13 Hongcheng Aluminum completes secondary aluminum alloy production equipment maintenance 10
4.14 Zhanci New Material completes maintenance of secondary aluminum alloy ingot production equipment 10
4.15 Juming Technology suspends secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.16 Baikuang Aluminum puts primary aluminum into production 11
4.17 Yunnan Shenhuo Aluminum to complete resumption of primary aluminum production 11
4.18 Qiya Aluminum resumes primary aluminum production 11
4.19 Jinfeng Metal resumes secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 11
4.20 Xinyue New Material to see decline in aluminum bar production 11
4.21 Suzhou Yadelin to complete maintenance on secondary aluminum alloy equipment 11
5 Producers Statistics 11
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate up by 1.76% MOM in Apr 11
5.2 China's alumina output up by 1.77% MOM in Apr 12
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate up by 13.14% MOM in Apr 12
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output down by 3.04% MOM in Apr 13
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory down by 31.37% MOM in late Apr 13
5.6 Chinese bauxite producers' operating rate down by 21.92% YOY in Apr 14
5.7 Chinese bauxite producers' output down by 24.22% YOY in Apr 14
5.8 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate down by 4.39% MOM in Apr 15
5.9 Guinean bauxite producers' output up by 4.11% YOY in Apr 15
5.10 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 84.55% in late Apr 15
5.11 China's primary aluminum output up by 0.41% MOM in Apr 16
5.12 China's primary aluminum inventory down by 33.28% MOM in late Apr 16
5.13 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 45.6% in Apr 17
5.14 China's secondary aluminum alloy output up by about 0.23% MOM in Apr 17
5.15 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory up by 23.76% MOM in late Apr 18
5.16 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 52.04% in Apr 18
5.17 China's aluminum bar output down by 0.84% MOM in Apr 19
5.18 China's aluminum bar inventory down by 29.71% MOM in late Apr 19
6 Consumers Statistics 20
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite up by 11.88% YOY in Apr 20
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite up by 1.29% MOM in late Apr 20
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite down by 21.31% YOY in Apr 21
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite down by 25.21% YOY in late Apr 21
7. Customs Statistics 22
7.1 China's bauxite import volume up by 5.19% MOM in Mar 22
7.2 China's alumina imports up by 334.01% YOY in Mar 22
7.3 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume down by 54.14% YOY in Mar 23
7.4 China's unwrought aluminum(Al＜99.95%) import volume increased 245.90% YoY in Mar 2024 23
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum alloy import volume up by 8.67% MoM in Mar 24
7.6 China's aluminum scrap import volume grew 57.08% MoM in Mar 2024 24
7.7 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume declined 13.09% MoM in Mar 2024 25
8 Relevant Industry News 26
8.1 Fluorspar price soars 26
8.2 Liquid caustic soda price slides 26
9 Market Outlook for Next Month 26
9.1 Chinese market 26
9.1.1 Bauxite Al/Si=5.0 delivered China 26
9.1.2 Alumina 98.5%min EXW China 27
9.1.3 Australian alumina 98.5%min delivered at Chinese ports 27
9.1.4 Aluminum fluoride 61%min EXW China 27
9.1.5 Aluminum hydroxide 64.5%min EXW China 27
9.1.6 Fluorspar dry powder 97%min delivered China 27
9.1.7 Liquid caustic soda 32%min delivered China 27
9.1.8 Aluminum ingot 99.7%min 27
9.1.9 Cast aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 EXW China 27
9.1.10 Aluminum bar 6063 φ120mm EXW in warehouse 27
9.1.11 Aluminum scrap aluminum foundry scrap Al 91%min delivered China 27
9.2 International Market 27
9.2.1 Guinean bauxite Al2O3 45%min SiO2 3%max CIF China 27
9.2.2 Alumina 98.5%min FOB Australia 27
9.2.3 Aluminum fluoride 61%min FOB China 27
9.2.4 Cast aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 CIF China 27
9.2.5 Cast aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 FOB China 27
9.2.6 Zorba aluminum scrap 98-1 CIF China 27
