Monthly Aluminum Market Report May 2025
2025-06-16 17:52:17 【Print】
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Contents
1 Market Highlights 4
1.1 Bauxite 4
1.2 Alumina 4
1.3 Aluminum fluoride 4
1.4 Primary aluminum 4
1.5 Secondary aluminum alloy ingot 4
1.6 Aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 4
1.7 Aluminum scrap 4
1.8 Aluminum bar 4
2 Policy and Economy 4
2.1 Significant Growth in Production of Key Minerals and Non-Ferrous Metals 4
2.2 Guinea suffered wave of mining permit revocations 4
2.3 Mining: All revoked permits placed in a "strategic reserve zone" 4
2.4 China acts to curb excessive competition, support private economy 4
2.5 Guinea cancels 129 exploration permits, further tightening control 4
2.6 CSRC approves registration of cast aluminum alloy futures and options 5
3 Market Movements 5
3.1 Chinese Market 5
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite price slips 5
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina price soars 5
3.1.3 Price of Chinese aluminum fluoride slides 5
3.1.4 Aluminum hydroxide price rebounds 5
3.1.5 Fluorspar price drops 5
3.1.6 Liquid caustic soda price falls 5
3.1.7 Price of aluminum ingot 99.7%min hits bottom and rebounds 6
3.1.8 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 keeps declining 6
3.1.9 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 keeps declining 6
3.1.10 Chinese aluminum scrap market sees tight supply 7
3.1.11 Chinese aluminum bar 6063 TC declines 7
3.2 International Market 7
3.2.1 Price of Guinean bauxite hits bottom and rebounds 7
3.2.2 Export price of Australian alumina hits bottom and soars 8
3.2.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride export price hits bottom 8
3.2.4 Price of imported cast aluminum alloy ingot soars 8
3.2.5 Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 export market sees rare deals 8
3.2.6 Chinese market sees few deals for imported Zorba aluminum scrap 8
4 Company News 8
4.1 Guinea to cancel Emirates Global Aluminium's bauxite mining licence 8
4.2 Marco Industries resumes normal secondary aluminum alloys production 9
4.3 Huasheng New Material cuts alumina production 9
4.4 Vedanta ramps up aluminium production, capex and margin outlook 9
4.5 Jinyang Advanced Material resumes aluminum fluoride production 9
4.6 Feimei Aluminum cuts alumina production 9
4.7 Hongyuan Chemicals to finish aluminum fluoride equipment maintenance 9
4.8 Rio seeks to almost double bauxite output from Queensland Mine 9
4.9 India Valbaux raises bauxite production 9
4.10 Senze Coal & Alumina to restart normal alumina production 9
4.11 Guiming Aluminum resumes aluminum bar production 9
4.12 Qiansheng Aluminum restarts secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.13 Yuanwang Electronics Industry Technology launches new aluminum rod production lines 10
4.14 Yongchang Aluminum to put new secondary aluminum alloy project into operation 10
4.15 Yuantai High Conductive Materials cuts aluminum bar production 10
4.16 Southeast Precision Technology resumes aluminum bar production 10
4.17 Senke Nonferrous Metal resumes secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.18 Lixin Aluminum builds new secondary aluminum alloy ingot project 10
4.19 Suzhou Yadelin cuts secondary aluminum alloy output 10
5 Producers Statistics 10
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate down by 2.75% MOM in May 10
5.2 China's alumina output down by 3.51% MOM in May 11
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate up by 11.38% YOY in May 11
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output up by 5.76% MOM in May 11
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory up by 42.86% MOM in late May 12
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate up by 8.76% MOM in May 12
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output up by 16.05% YOY in May 12
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 86.44% in May 12
5.9 China's primary aluminum output up by 0.03% MOM in May 13
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory down by 21.2% MOM in late May 13
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 45.73% in May 13
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output down by about 1.71% MOM in May 13
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory down by 1.06% MOM in late May 14
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 50.95% in May 14
5.15 China's aluminum bar output down by 0.14% MOM in May 14
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory down by 2.63% MOM in late May 15
6 Consumers Statistics 15
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite down by 2.16% MOM in May 15
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite down by 12.5% YOY in late May 15
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite up by 16.13% MOM in May 16
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite up by 26.03% YOY in late May 16
7. Customs Statistics 16
7.1 China's bauxite import volume up by 45.28% YOY in Apr 16
7.2 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume up by 41.82% YOY in Apr 17
7.3 China's low-density aluminum fluoride export volume up by 84.58% MOM in Apr 17
7.4 China's unwrought aluminum (Al<99.95%) import volume grew 14.67% YoY in Apr 2025 17
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum alloy import volume decreased 30.63% YoY in Apr 2025 18
7.6 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume rose 23.90% YoY in Apr 2025 19
7.7 China's aluminum scrap import volume increased 3.74% MoM in Apr 2025 20
1 Market Highlights 4
1.1 Bauxite 4
1.2 Alumina 4
1.3 Aluminum fluoride 4
1.4 Primary aluminum 4
1.5 Secondary aluminum alloy ingot 4
1.6 Aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 4
1.7 Aluminum scrap 4
1.8 Aluminum bar 4
2 Policy and Economy 4
2.1 Significant Growth in Production of Key Minerals and Non-Ferrous Metals 4
2.2 Guinea suffered wave of mining permit revocations 4
2.3 Mining: All revoked permits placed in a "strategic reserve zone" 4
2.4 China acts to curb excessive competition, support private economy 4
2.5 Guinea cancels 129 exploration permits, further tightening control 4
2.6 CSRC approves registration of cast aluminum alloy futures and options 5
3 Market Movements 5
3.1 Chinese Market 5
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite price slips 5
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina price soars 5
3.1.3 Price of Chinese aluminum fluoride slides 5
3.1.4 Aluminum hydroxide price rebounds 5
3.1.5 Fluorspar price drops 5
3.1.6 Liquid caustic soda price falls 5
3.1.7 Price of aluminum ingot 99.7%min hits bottom and rebounds 6
3.1.8 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 keeps declining 6
3.1.9 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 keeps declining 6
3.1.10 Chinese aluminum scrap market sees tight supply 7
3.1.11 Chinese aluminum bar 6063 TC declines 7
3.2 International Market 7
3.2.1 Price of Guinean bauxite hits bottom and rebounds 7
3.2.2 Export price of Australian alumina hits bottom and soars 8
3.2.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride export price hits bottom 8
3.2.4 Price of imported cast aluminum alloy ingot soars 8
3.2.5 Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 export market sees rare deals 8
3.2.6 Chinese market sees few deals for imported Zorba aluminum scrap 8
4 Company News 8
4.1 Guinea to cancel Emirates Global Aluminium's bauxite mining licence 8
4.2 Marco Industries resumes normal secondary aluminum alloys production 9
4.3 Huasheng New Material cuts alumina production 9
4.4 Vedanta ramps up aluminium production, capex and margin outlook 9
4.5 Jinyang Advanced Material resumes aluminum fluoride production 9
4.6 Feimei Aluminum cuts alumina production 9
4.7 Hongyuan Chemicals to finish aluminum fluoride equipment maintenance 9
4.8 Rio seeks to almost double bauxite output from Queensland Mine 9
4.9 India Valbaux raises bauxite production 9
4.10 Senze Coal & Alumina to restart normal alumina production 9
4.11 Guiming Aluminum resumes aluminum bar production 9
4.12 Qiansheng Aluminum restarts secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.13 Yuanwang Electronics Industry Technology launches new aluminum rod production lines 10
4.14 Yongchang Aluminum to put new secondary aluminum alloy project into operation 10
4.15 Yuantai High Conductive Materials cuts aluminum bar production 10
4.16 Southeast Precision Technology resumes aluminum bar production 10
4.17 Senke Nonferrous Metal resumes secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.18 Lixin Aluminum builds new secondary aluminum alloy ingot project 10
4.19 Suzhou Yadelin cuts secondary aluminum alloy output 10
5 Producers Statistics 10
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate down by 2.75% MOM in May 10
5.2 China's alumina output down by 3.51% MOM in May 11
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate up by 11.38% YOY in May 11
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output up by 5.76% MOM in May 11
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory up by 42.86% MOM in late May 12
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate up by 8.76% MOM in May 12
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output up by 16.05% YOY in May 12
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 86.44% in May 12
5.9 China's primary aluminum output up by 0.03% MOM in May 13
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory down by 21.2% MOM in late May 13
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 45.73% in May 13
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output down by about 1.71% MOM in May 13
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory down by 1.06% MOM in late May 14
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 50.95% in May 14
5.15 China's aluminum bar output down by 0.14% MOM in May 14
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory down by 2.63% MOM in late May 15
6 Consumers Statistics 15
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite down by 2.16% MOM in May 15
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite down by 12.5% YOY in late May 15
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite up by 16.13% MOM in May 16
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite up by 26.03% YOY in late May 16
7. Customs Statistics 16
7.1 China's bauxite import volume up by 45.28% YOY in Apr 16
7.2 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume up by 41.82% YOY in Apr 17
7.3 China's low-density aluminum fluoride export volume up by 84.58% MOM in Apr 17
7.4 China's unwrought aluminum (Al<99.95%) import volume grew 14.67% YoY in Apr 2025 17
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum alloy import volume decreased 30.63% YoY in Apr 2025 18
7.6 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume rose 23.90% YoY in Apr 2025 19
7.7 China's aluminum scrap import volume increased 3.74% MoM in Apr 2025 20
