[SMM Weekly Aluminum Ingot Warehouse Withdrawals Statistics]

Rio Tinto announced that it had officially commenced commissioning of its $1.5 billion low-carbon aluminum smelter expansion project located in Quebec, Canada. The mining giant expected that the project would be fully operational by the end of this year, with all 96 new electrolysis pots at Complexe Arvida up and running by then. Upon completion, the smelter's annual primary aluminum capacity would increase by approximately 160,000 mt, and total aluminum production using low-carbon AP60 smelting technology would reach 220,000 mt. The AP60 expansion project would provide strong support for ELYSIS — a joint venture co-founded by Rio Tinto and Alcoa — in its transition toward carbon-free aluminum electrolysis technology.

The "replacing small with large" upgrade and renovation project for electrolysis cells at Qingtongxia has been officially launched for full-scale construction. The project is located within the Qingtongxia branch company's plant area in the industrial park of Qingtongxia City, Wuzhong City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. The project makes full use of part of the land from the original Phase I and Phase II within the plant area, and is laid out and constructed based on the existing Phase II railway. The total site area is 444,200 m², and the planned construction scale is expected to reach an annual aluminum output of 420,000 mt.

[SMM Aluminum News Flash] China's secondary aluminum alloy ingot inventory in mainstream consumption areas was reported at 31,000 mt today, down 608 mt WoW.