Monthly Aluminum Market Report Jul 2024

1 Market Highlights 5
1.1 Bauxite 5
1.2 Alumina 5
1.3 Aluminum fluoride 5
1.4 Primary aluminum 5
1.5 Secondary aluminum alloy ingot 5
1.6 Aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 5
1.7 Aluminum scrap 5
1.8 Aluminum bar 5
2 Policy and Economy 5
2.1 Shanxi stops mining licence extension for below standard mines 5
2.2 Indonesia rumored to resume bauxite exports 5
2.3 US announces tariffs on metals routed through Mexico 5
2.4 AAI asks for an increase in import duties on aluminum and aluminum scrap 5
2.5 China releases energy conservation and carbon reduction plan for aluminum sector 5
3 Market Movements 5
3.1 Chinese Market 5
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite price rises 5
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina price falls 6
3.1.3 Price of Australian alumina rises 6
3.1.4 Price of Chinese aluminum fluoride declines 6
3.1.5 Aluminum hydroxide price moves up 6
3.1.6 Fluorspar price moves down 6
3.1.7 Liquid caustic soda price rises 6
3.1.Asian Metal Copyright2 China's alumina output up by 2.Asian Metal Copyright8 Aluminum ingot 99.7%min price declines 7
3.1.9 Price of Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 declines 7
3.1.Asian Metal Copyright2.Asian Metal Copyright10 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 weak 7
3.1.11 Chinese cast aluminum scrap market sees weak supply and demand 8
3.1.12 TCs for Chinese aluminum bar 6063 move up 8
3.2 International Market 9
3.2.1 Price of Guinean bauxite rises 9
3.2.2 Export price of Australian alumina falls 9
3.2.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride export price moves down 9
3.2.4 Price of imported cast aluminum alloy ingot slides 9
3.2.5 Export prices for aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 move down 9
3.2.6 Chinese market sees few deals for imported Zorba aluminum scrap 9
4 Company News 10
4.1 DSM to reduce bauxite production 10
4.2 Zhixuan New Materials restarts alumina production 10
4.3 Shaoxing Industrial resumes normal aluminum fluoride production 10
4.4 BAI to finish the third stage alumina project construction 10
4.5 Nanhan Chemical to finish aluminum fluoride equipment maintenance 10
4.6 Grafit Mining increases bauxite production 10
4.7 Alufer Mining to reduce bauxite production 10
4.8 Sanyi Chemical restarts aluminum fluoride production 10
4.9 CBG to increase bauxite production 10
4.10 Noranda Alumina cuts bauxite production 10
4.11 Chuangxin Alloy puts aluminum bar project phase II into production 11
4.12 Jimusaer Southeast Aluminum to upgrade aluminum bar production equipment 11
4.13 Kailong New Materials completes aluminum bar equipment maintenance 11
4.14 Southeast Precision Technology puts new aluminum bar smelting furnaces into operation 11
4.15 Huayun New Materials puts phase three primary aluminum project into operation 11
4.16 Delta Aluminum to cut secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 11
4.17 Yuanda Aluminium to put new aluminum bar production line into production 11
4.18 Lianchuang Aluminum to halt secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 11
4.19 Suxi Aluminum resumes aluminum bar production 11
4.20 Bomei Aostar Aluminum reaches full capacity production for primary aluminum 11
4.21 Danjiangkou Aluminum puts aluminum foil production line into operation 12
4.22 Shijin Metal Material halts secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 12
4.23 Lixin Aluminum to cut secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 12
5 Producers Statistics 12
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate up by 5.34% YOY in Jul 12
5.2 China's alumina output up by 2.69% YOY in Jul 12
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate up by 13.69% YOY in Jul 13
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output up by 2.26% MOM in Jul 13
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory up by 47.37% MOM in late Jul 14
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate down by 7.25% MOM in Jul 14
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output up by 9.94% YOY in Jul 14
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 86.32% in late Jul 15
5.9 China's primary aluminum output up by 0.56% MOM in Jul 15
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory down by 0.75% MOM in late Jul 16
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 41.96% in Jul 16
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output down by about 4.18% MOM in Jul 17
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory down by 10.64% MOM in late Jul 17
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 49.69% in Jul 18
5.15 China's aluminum bar output up by 0.31% MOM in Jul 18
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory down by 5.45% MOM in late Jul 19
6 Consumers Statistics 19
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite up by 14.05% YOY in Jul 19
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite down by 5.32% YOY in late Jul 20
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite down by 15.41% YOY in Jul 20
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite down by 26.69% YOY in late Jul 21
7. Customs Statistics 21
7.1 China's bauxite import volume up by 15.32% YOY in Jun 21
7.2 China's alumina imports down by 58.80% MOM in Jun 22
7.3 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume down by 76.46% MOM in Jun 22
7.4 China's unwrought aluminum(Al＜99.Asian Metal Copyright5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory up by 47.Asian Metal Copyright95%) import volume rose 35.54% YoY in Jun 2024 23
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum alloy import volume fell 20.07% MoM in Jun 2024 23
7.6 China's aluminum scrap import volume decreased 13.70% YoY in Jun 2024 24
7.7 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume decreased 13.63% MoM in Jun 2024 25

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