1.Electrolytic Aluminum Production Monitoring In April 2017
In April 2017 the national electrolytic aluminum smelting enterprises total output 308.1670 million tons aluminum ,increased by 9.4927 million tons ,compared with last month.
2.Alumina production capacity is still in short supply
2017 alumina supply status:the new producing capacity is about 6.15 million tons,and will be put into marketd in the second quarter.
3.Ministry of Industry: promote non-ferrous metals enterprises to go to the world
On a press conference of Report on Industry Capacity Cooperation along One Belt One Road Countries and Areas , Xin Guobin,Vice Minister of Ministry of Industry said with regard to industry cooperation,China arranged for some related industry associations, enterprises to go to Saudi Arabia,the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia, India and other countries for exchange and connection; guided steel and other industries to build factories on abroad. In terms of aluminum industries,Pavlo Dahl a China joint-venture electrolytic aluminum investment projects in Kazakhstan is on the agenda.
4.Russian aluminum industry: 1Q profit increases
RURAL reported on last Wednesday that Arousal's profit in the first quarter was $ 434 million, an increase of $ 149 million in the same period of last year. With the increasing number of automotive aluminum worldwide, the company expects aluminum demand in the first quarter in the year 2017 may increase by 5.5% ,totaled 15 million tons.
5.US raw aluminum production in April and aluminum products shipped declined
US aluminum products shipments in April totaled 115,642.5 tons, fell by 0.4 percent; compared to 2016 annual shipments decreased by 4.2% . The US Metal Association data show that in April,the original US aluminum production was 60,023 tons, compared with the previous month and the same period last year were reduced by 4.4%.