Chinese spot alumina prices continued to rise Thursday as market sentiment remained strong, with the general expectation that levels will test higher after the Golden Week holidays. China will be closed October 1-7 for National Day ...
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Researchers led by a team at UNSW Australia have used the Australian Synchrotron to turn the discovery of an ultra-low density and corrosion-resistant magnesium alloy into the first step toward mass-producing ‘stainless ...
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The Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd. (Chalco), the listed arm of the country's largest maker of lightweight metal, said it made net profits of 948 million yuan ($154.87 million) in 2013, reversing heavy losses in 2012. Total revenues ...
The Aluminum Corporation of China's 2013 alumina and refined aluminum production costs fell by 9% and 5%, respectively, year on year, the Hong Kong-listed producer said in its annual report filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange late ...
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China's alumina output is forecast to rise 13.8% year on year to 53.5 million mt in 2014, an analyst from state nonferrous information division Beijing Antaike said Friday. Realized alumina output totaled 47 million mt in 2013, according ...
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Commission encourages Chinese steelmakers to boost global footprint Chinese steelmakers that have lost money because of volatile global iron ore prices should invest more in foreign mineral resources to gain greater pricing power, the ...
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Mongolia on Friday unveiled a raft of new investment agreements with China--including an oil-exploration deal—that Mongolian Prime Minister Norovyn Altankhuyag said in an interview would build up the landlocked country's ...
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Chalco Hong Kong Ltd, has agreed to sell its equity stake in Chalco Iron Ore Holding to Chinalco Overseas Holdings to ease funding pressure from the joint venture Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, Chalco said in a filing to the Hong Kong ...
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Chinese nonferrous metals consultancy Beijing Antaike has raised its 2013 alumina output forecast for the country to 46.5 million mt, up less than 1% from the mid-year forecast of 46.3 million mt, an analyst said Tuesday. "The higher ...
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Aluminum Corporation of China Limited (Chalco, SHSE: 601600) announced yesterday that it will flexibly produce electrolytic aluminium through parts of the produce line. Because of this, the company will suspend the capacity of producing ...
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Ucore Rare Metals Inc. (TSX VENTURE:UCU)(OTCQX:UURAF) ("Ucore" or "the Company") is pleased to comment on the recent announcement that the Chinese government intends to implement a stockpile of critical rare earth oxides, including ...
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According to the World Bureau of Metal Statistics' most recent report, the market surplus for primary aluminum between January and September 2012 was 488,000 tonnes which follows a surplus of 1,871,000 tonnes recorded for the whole of 2011. ...
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The Queensland LNP Government has taken the first concrete step towards its long stated aim of exploiting the Aurukun bauxite resource in western Cape York. This time around however the right to mine will not be tied to the requirement to ...
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Bloomberg reported that Aluminium Corporation of China Limited is seeking to tap bauxite resources and build processing plants abroad after Indonesia the largest supplier to China, curbed exports. Mr Luo Jianchuan president of Chalca said ...
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China’s manufacturing expanded for the first time in 13 months in November according to a closely watched index of purchasing managers released but troubles in the aluminum industry the most widely used metal in transportation, ...