Newssummary: Vertical Aluminum Processing Booms in Inner Mongolia

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.

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

Many aluminum processors in Henan’s Gongyi and Inner Mongolia halted production in July and August due to checks by central environmental protection inspection team.

Chalco laid the corner stone for its large-scale aluminum precision processing project in southeast coastal province of Fujian on September 1, cnmn.com reported.

The government of Inner Mongolia has decided to implement new power tariff pricing mechanism for new aluminum projects, which is based on aluminum prices in Shanghai spot market, SMM learned.

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

Guizhou Xintianli Aluminum Foil Co. brought into service its precision aluminum foil project in Guiyang, Guizhpu Province, on January 8, local media reported.

Henan Yulian Energy Group put online its huge precision aluminum processing project on January 11, xinhuanet reported.