Monthly Aluminum Market Report Jan 2025
2025-02-13 17:41:44 【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 China unveils action plan to boost recycling of bauxite residue 4
2.2 China announces tariff changes for 2025 4
2.3 LME Approves Hong Kong As Warehouse Location 4
2.4 Trump to impose 25% tariff on all Mexican and Canadian goods 4
2.5 China sees major progress in latest round of mineral exploration 4
3 Market Movements 4
3.1 Chinese Market 4
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite price declines 4
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina price falls sharply 5
3.1.3 Price of Chinese aluminum fluoride moves down 5
3.1.4 Aluminum hydroxide price falls faster 5
3.1.5 Fluorspar price moves down 5
3.1.6 Liquid caustic soda price hits bottom and rebounds 5
3.1.7 Aluminum ingot 99.7%min price keeps falling 5
3.1.8 Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 market sees brisk deals 6
3.1.9 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 stable 6
3.1.10 Chinese cast aluminum scrap market still sees tight supply 6
3.1.11 Demand for aluminum bar 6063 strong in South China but weak in North China 7
3.2 International Market 7
3.2.1 Price of Guinean bauxite rises to high level and then declines 7
3.2.2 Export price of Australian alumina falls 7
3.2.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride export price declines 8
3.2.4 Price of imported cast aluminum alloy ingot soars 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 8
4.1 Montenegro UMD restarts bauxite production 8
4.2 Ashapura (Guinea) restarts bauxite loading 8
4.3 Macrock International to start bauxite project construction in Sierra Leone 9
4.4 SPIC to build largest alumina processing plant in Guinea 9
4.5 Shaoxing Industrial to suspend aluminum fluoride production 9
4.6 Xingxiang Fluoride Chemicals restarts aluminum fluoride production 9
4.7 Guyana's bauxite reserves record 1.7Mt in 2024 9
4.8 LABH Enterprise to renew bauxite production license 9
4.9 Jinhe Technology suspends aluminum fluoride production 9
4.10 GBC to raise bauxite production 9
4.11 Huilian Aluminum to halt secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 9
4.12 Lvxin Aluminum to suspend aluminum bar production 9
4.13 Wandong Aluminum completes building aluminum alloy producing equipment 9
4.14 Yuantai High Conductive Materials raises aluminum bar output 10
4.15 Jimusaer Southeast Aluminum to lift aluminum bar production 10
4.16 Shuofeng Aluminum cuts aluminum bar production 10
4.17 Mingdi Group to suspend aluminum bar production 10
4.18 Zhongxin Aluminum to maintain secondary aluminum alloy ingot equipment 10
4.19 Gaobang Aluminum to increase aluminum bar production 10
5 Producers Statistics 10
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate up by 16.25% YOY in Jan 10
5.2 China's alumina output up by 16.65% YOY in Jan 10
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate down by 32% MOM in Jan 11
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output down by 13.93% YOY in Jan 11
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory down by 54% YOY in late Jan 11
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate up by 6.67% YOY in Jan 12
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output up by 34.75% YOY in Jan 12
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 85.67% in Jan 12
5.9 China's primary aluminum output down by 1.23% MOM in Jan 12
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory up by 632.33% MOM in late Jan 12
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 40.65% in Jan 13
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output down by about 6.34% MOM in Jan 13
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory up by 15.65% MOM in late Jan 13
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 47.24% in Jan 14
5.15 China's aluminum bar output down by 7.88% MOM in Jan 14
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory up by 425.05% MOM in late Jan 14
6 Consumers Statistics 15
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite up by 21.98% YOY in Jan 15
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite down by 7.25% YOY in late Jan 15
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite up by 2.94% YOY in Jan 15
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite up by 56.45% YOY in late Jan 16
7. Customs Statistics 16
7.1 China's bauxite import volume up by 26.19% YOY in Dec 16
7.2 China's alumina imports down by 94.29% YOY in Dec 16
7.3 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume down by 71.72% MOM in Dec 17
7.4 China's low-density aluminum fluoride export volume down by 24.99% MOM in Dec 17
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum(Al＜99.95%) import volume up by 7.39% YoY in Dec 2024 17
7.6 China's unwrought aluminum alloy import volume up by 3.55% MoM in Dec 2024 17
7.7 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume increased 7.52% YoY in Dec 2024 18
7.8 China's aluminum scrap import volume increased 14.29% MoM in Dec 2024 18
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 China unveils action plan to boost recycling of bauxite residue 4
2.2 China announces tariff changes for 2025 4
2.3 LME Approves Hong Kong As Warehouse Location 4
2.4 Trump to impose 25% tariff on all Mexican and Canadian goods 4
2.5 China sees major progress in latest round of mineral exploration 4
3 Market Movements 4
3.1 Chinese Market 4
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite price declines 4
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina price falls sharply 5
3.1.3 Price of Chinese aluminum fluoride moves down 5
3.1.4 Aluminum hydroxide price falls faster 5
3.1.5 Fluorspar price moves down 5
3.1.6 Liquid caustic soda price hits bottom and rebounds 5
3.1.7 Aluminum ingot 99.7%min price keeps falling 5
3.1.8 Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 market sees brisk deals 6
3.1.9 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 stable 6
3.1.10 Chinese cast aluminum scrap market still sees tight supply 6
3.1.11 Demand for aluminum bar 6063 strong in South China but weak in North China 7
3.2 International Market 7
3.2.1 Price of Guinean bauxite rises to high level and then declines 7
3.2.2 Export price of Australian alumina falls 7
3.2.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride export price declines 8
3.2.4 Price of imported cast aluminum alloy ingot soars 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 8
4.1 Montenegro UMD restarts bauxite production 8
4.2 Ashapura (Guinea) restarts bauxite loading 8
4.3 Macrock International to start bauxite project construction in Sierra Leone 9
4.4 SPIC to build largest alumina processing plant in Guinea 9
4.5 Shaoxing Industrial to suspend aluminum fluoride production 9
4.6 Xingxiang Fluoride Chemicals restarts aluminum fluoride production 9
4.7 Guyana's bauxite reserves record 1.7Mt in 2024 9
4.8 LABH Enterprise to renew bauxite production license 9
4.9 Jinhe Technology suspends aluminum fluoride production 9
4.10 GBC to raise bauxite production 9
4.11 Huilian Aluminum to halt secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 9
4.12 Lvxin Aluminum to suspend aluminum bar production 9
4.13 Wandong Aluminum completes building aluminum alloy producing equipment 9
4.14 Yuantai High Conductive Materials raises aluminum bar output 10
4.15 Jimusaer Southeast Aluminum to lift aluminum bar production 10
4.16 Shuofeng Aluminum cuts aluminum bar production 10
4.17 Mingdi Group to suspend aluminum bar production 10
4.18 Zhongxin Aluminum to maintain secondary aluminum alloy ingot equipment 10
4.19 Gaobang Aluminum to increase aluminum bar production 10
5 Producers Statistics 10
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate up by 16.25% YOY in Jan 10
5.2 China's alumina output up by 16.65% YOY in Jan 10
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate down by 32% MOM in Jan 11
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output down by 13.93% YOY in Jan 11
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory down by 54% YOY in late Jan 11
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate up by 6.67% YOY in Jan 12
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output up by 34.75% YOY in Jan 12
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 85.67% in Jan 12
5.9 China's primary aluminum output down by 1.23% MOM in Jan 12
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory up by 632.33% MOM in late Jan 12
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 40.65% in Jan 13
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output down by about 6.34% MOM in Jan 13
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory up by 15.65% MOM in late Jan 13
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 47.24% in Jan 14
5.15 China's aluminum bar output down by 7.88% MOM in Jan 14
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory up by 425.05% MOM in late Jan 14
6 Consumers Statistics 15
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite up by 21.98% YOY in Jan 15
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite down by 7.25% YOY in late Jan 15
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite up by 2.94% YOY in Jan 15
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite up by 56.45% YOY in late Jan 16
7. Customs Statistics 16
7.1 China's bauxite import volume up by 26.19% YOY in Dec 16
7.2 China's alumina imports down by 94.29% YOY in Dec 16
7.3 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume down by 71.72% MOM in Dec 17
7.4 China's low-density aluminum fluoride export volume down by 24.99% MOM in Dec 17
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum(Al＜99.95%) import volume up by 7.39% YoY in Dec 2024 17
7.6 China's unwrought aluminum alloy import volume up by 3.55% MoM in Dec 2024 17
7.7 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume increased 7.52% YoY in Dec 2024 18
7.8 China's aluminum scrap import volume increased 14.29% MoM in Dec 2024 18
