Newssummary: Aluminum Capacity at Inner Mongolia’s Huolingol at 680,000-tpy in 2014

Recently, the Development and Reform Commission of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, in conjunction with the Industry and Information Technology Bureau and the Energy Bureau, drafted the Several Measures for Ensuring Energy Consumption Control Targets in the "14th Five-Year Plan" (draft for comments). 

Several silicon producers in Bayan Nur city in Inner Mongolia have switched their production capacity to produce ferrosilicon due to a surge in ferrosilicon price earlier this month.

SMM expects the electricity rationing in Inner Mongolia would see its monthly high-grade nickel pig iron production hit by 10-15%, translating to 380-570 mt of nickel metal.

One aluminum smelter in Guangxi plans to bring 100,000 tonnes of idled aluminum capacity back online in November.

Inner Mongolia has imposed an upper limit on raw coal output during 2016-2020.

China might cut aluminum production by as much as 1-1.5 million tonnes during winter heating season, a high-ranking executive from Chalco said on May 4. 

Aluminum smelters in Xinjiang, China’s major aluminum producing region, have been enjoying a competitive edge over their competitors in the rest of the country.

In the fourth quarter when the current slack domestic buying season is over, the restart of mothballed aluminum smelting capacity in China will likely be concentrated.

Rare earth exports by Inner Mongolia’s Baotou grew significantly in January.

Despite recent reports of production cuts or closures in China, aluminum prices remain stuck in a downward track, a trend unlikely to reverse anytime soon.