Monthly Aluminum Market Report March

Content
1 Market Highlights 3
2 Economy and Policy 3
2.1 Chinese Economy and Policy 3
2.2 International Economy and Policy 3
3 Market Movements 3
3.1 Chinese Market Movements 3
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite supply tight and prices rise 3
3.1.2 Chinese alumina prices decline 3
3.1.3 Alumina prices drop sharply in Shanxi 4
3.1.4 Alumina transactions few in Henan 4
3.1.5 Alumina prices in Southwest China retreat 4
3.1.6 Aluminum hydroxide prices down 4
3.1.7 Aluminum fluoride prices to dip 5
3.1.8 Primary aluminum prices fluctuate down 5
3.1.9 ADC12 aluminum alloy ingot prices slip 5
3.2 International Market Movements 5
3.2.1 Malaysia bauxite suppliers to resume exports 5
3.2.2 FOB prices for Indonesian bauxite down 6
3.2.3 Demand for Guinean bauxite increases 6
3.2.4 China's demand for imported alumina weak constantly 6
3.2.5 Export prices for aluminum fluoride prices stable 6
3.2.6 LME aluminum prices slump 6
3.2.7 LME aluminum stocks edge down 6
3.2.8 Export prices for ADC12 aluminum alloy ingot drop sharply 7
3.2.9 Chinese imported Zorba aluminum scrap prices fall 7
4 Company News 7
4.1 Big Nanshan initiates construction of new alumina project 7
4.2 Antam to get new bauxite export quota 7
4.3 Yanchang Petroleum Group to resume aluminum fluoride production 7
4.4 Baise Mining Aluminum's new primary aluminum project to come on stream 7
4.5 Guangxi Xinfa starts 100,000tpy primary aluminum project 8
4.6 Lixin Aluminum finishes installation of dedusting equipment for phase I project 8
4.7 Dalian Wantai Aluminum's new secondary aluminum alloy project starts pilot run 8
5 Producers' Statistics 8
5.1 Chinese alumina output in March up by 3.3% MOM 8
5.2 Chinese aluminum fluoride output up by 3.79% MOM in March 8
5.3 China's imported alumina stocks down by 56.3% MOM late March 9
5.4 Chinese primary aluminum output up by 7.87% MOM in Mar 2018 9
5.5 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy output up by 57.1% MOM in Mar 2018 10
6 Consumers' Statistics 10
6.1 Chinese demand for domestic bauxite up by 5.8% MOM in March 10
6.2 Chinese demand for imported bauxite up by 2% MOM in March 10
7 Custom's Statistics 11
7.1 Chinese bauxite imports in February down by 13.4% MOM 11
7.2 Chinese alumina imports in February up by 40% MOM 12
7.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride exports down by 39.2% MOM in February 12
7.4 China's aluminum scrap imports down by 37% MOM in February 2018 13
7.5 Chinese aluminum alloy exports down by 41.2% MOM in Feb 2018 13
8. Relevant Industry News 14
8.1 Fluorspar prices down 14
9 Market Outlook for Next Month 14
9.1 Alumina prices to hover at low level 14
9.2 Aluminum fluoride prices to decline 14
9.3 Primary aluminum prices to rebound 14
9.4 ADC12 aluminum alloy ingot to rise 14


Graph 1 Chinese bauxite (Al/Si 5.5) Exl-VAT delivered price trend 3
Graph 2 Chinese alumina 98.5% EXW price trend 3
Graph 3 Alumina 98.5% EXW price trend in Shanxi 4
Graph 4 Graph 1 Alumina 98.5% EXW price trend in Henan 4
Graph 5 Alumina 98.5% EXW price trend in Guangxi 4
Graph 6 Chinese aluminum hydroxide 64.5% EXW price trend 4
Graph 7 Chinese aluminum fluoride 61% delivered price trend 5
Graph 8 Chinese primary aluminum price trend 5
Graph 9 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy ingot price trend 5
Graph 10 Indonesian bauxite 46% CIF China price trend 6
Graph 11 Chinese imported alumina 98.5%CIF price trend 6
Graph 12 Chinese imported alumina 98.5% delivered-to-port price trend 6
Graph 13 Chinese aluminum fluoride FOB price trend 6
Graph 14 LME aluminum spot settlement price trend 6
Graph 15 LME aluminum stocks trend 7
Graph 16 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy ingot FOB price trend 7
Graph 17 Chinese imported Zobra aluminum scrap CIF price trend 7
Graph 18 Chinese alumina output by month 8
Graph 19 Chinese alumina output by major regions by month 8
Graph 20 Chinese aluminum fluoride output by month 8
Graph 21 Chinese aluminum fluoride output by major regions by month 9
Graph 22 China's imported alumina stocks by month 9
Graph 23 Chinese primary aluminum outputs by month 9
Graph 24 Chinese primary aluminum outputs by region by month 9
Graph 25 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy outputs by month 10
Graph 26 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy outputs by region by month 10
Graph 27 Chinese demand for domestic bauxite by month 10
Graph 28 Chinese demand for imported bauxite by month 10
Graph 29 Chinese imported bauxite stocks by month 11
Graph 30 Chinese bauxite imports by month 11
Graph 31 Chinese bauxite import by major countries by month 11
Graph 32 Chinese alumina imports by month 12
Graph 33 Chinese alumina import by major countries by month 12
Graph 34 Chinese aluminum fluoride exports by month 12
Graph 35 Chinese aluminum fluoride exports by major countries by month 13
Graph 36 China's aluminum scrap imports by month 13
Graph 37 China's monthly aluminum scrap imports by country/region 13
Graph 38 Chinese aluminum alloy exports by month 13
Graph 39 Chinese aluminum alloy exports by destination and month 14
Graph 40 Chinese fluorspar 97% delivered price trend 14

Table 1 Chinese primary aluminum outputs by region in Mar 9
Table 2 Chinese bauxite imports in February by countries 11
Table 3 Chinese bauxite importers in February 12
Table 4 Chinese alumina imports by major countries in February 12
Table 5 Chinese aluminum fluoride exporters in February 13
Table 6 Statistics on China's aluminum scrap imports by country/region 13
Table 7 Chinese aluminum alloy exporters in Feb 14

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