Monthly Aluminum Market Report Aug 2025
2025-09-15 16:10:51 【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 Bauxite mining rights transactions in Xiaoyi, Shanxi hit record high 4
2.2 US assigns preliminary dumping margin to one Taiwan's aluminum sheet supplier 4
2.3 EU extends AD duties on China aluminum foil in rolls 4
2.4 IAI: Global alumina output rises by 4% in Jul m-o-m 4
3 Market Movements 4
3.1 Chinese Market 4
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite prices rebound 4
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina prices drop 4
3.1.3 Prices of Chinese aluminum fluoride fall 5
3.1.4 Aluminum hydroxide prices slide 5
3.1.5 Fluorspar prices rebound 5
3.1.6 Liquid caustic soda prices up 5
3.1.7 Demand for aluminum ingot 99.7%min sluggish 5
3.1.8 Prices for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 increase 6
3.1.9 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 remains sluggish 6
3.1.10 Chinese aluminum scrap market continues to see tight supply 6
3.1.11 TCs for Chinese aluminum bar 6063 fluctuate at a low level 7
3.2 International Market 7
3.2.1 Prices of Guinean bauxite rebound 7
3.2.2 Export prices of Australian alumina slip 7
3.2.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride export prices rebound 8
3.2.4 Prices of imported cast aluminum alloy ingot decrease 8
3.2.5 Export prices of Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 rise 8
3.2.6 Chinese market sees increasing deals for imported Zorba aluminum scrap 8
4. Company News 8
4.1 Rio Tinto okays $180M expansion at Amrun bauxite mine 8
4.2 Xinjiang Huazhang Aluminum to finish aluminum project construction 8
4.3 Metro Mining achieves record bauxite shipment in Jul 9
4.4 Alufer Mining to expand bauxite production capacity 9
4.5 Century Aluminum to restart production in South Carolina, citing Trump's tariffs 9
4.6 Guangxi Huasheng New Material raises alumina production 9
4.7 Elite Mining Guinea stops bauxite production 9
4.8 Suregrow Integrated Mining Resources hikes bauxite production 9
4.9 Yuntianua Fluoride Chemical boosts aluminum fluoride production 9
4.10 AGL Mining starts bauxite production 9
4.11 Zhongtaixinbo finishes initiation of primary aluminum production 9
4.12 Lianchuang Aluminum suspends secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 9
4.13 Chaoqun Nonferrous Metals to upgrade secondary aluminum alloy ingot production lines 9
4.14 Shuozhou Energy Aluminum-Silicon Alloy conducts maintenance of electrolytic cells 10
4.15 Fengtong Aluminum Alloy to resume production of secondary aluminum alloy 10
4.16 Nuotaili Aluminum completes aluminum bar production line overhaul 10
4.17 Xinhengfeng Energy resumes operation of one aluminum bar production line 10
4.18 Yuanwang Electronics launches new aluminum rod production line 10
4.19 Xinyongfa Aluminum suspends secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.20 Gaobang Aluminum resumes aluminum bar production line 10
4.21 Laibin Huahang suspends aluminum bar production 10
4.22 Southeast Aluminum to complete aluminum bar upgrade 10
4.23 Changshen Alloy Materials resumes secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
5 Producers Statistics 11
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate up by 1.88% MOM in Aug 11
5.2 China's alumina output up by 13.05% YOY in Aug 11
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate up by 25.12% YOY in Aug 11
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output up by 47.19% YOY in Aug 12
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory down by 28.13% YOY in late Aug 12
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate down by 23.08% MOM in Aug 12
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output down by 22.43% MOM in Aug 12
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 86.83% in Aug 12
5.9 China's primary aluminum output up by about 0.05% MOM in Aug 13
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory up by 1.84% MOM in late Aug 13
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 46.24% in Aug 13
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output up by about 4.33% MOM in Aug 14
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory down by 16.20% MOM in late Aug 14
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 46.8% in Aug 14
5.15 China's aluminum bar output up by 1.61% MOM in Aug 15
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory down by 0.67% MOM in late Aug 15
6 Consumers Statistics 15
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite up by 15.88% YOY in Aug 15
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite up by 7.17% YOY in late Aug 16
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite down by 12.12% MOM in Aug 16
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite down by 21.21% MOM in late Aug 16
7. Customs Statistics 16
7.1 China's bauxite import volume up by 33.75% YOY in Jul 16
7.2 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume soars down by 27.36% MOM in Jul 17
7.3 China's low-density aluminum fluoride export volume down by 69.7% MOM in Jul 17
7.4 China's unwrought aluminum(Al<99.95%) import volume up by 91.19% YoY in Jul 2025 17
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum alloy import volume declined by 28.39% YOY in Jul 2025 18
7.6 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume grew by 38.30% YoY in Jul 2025 19
7.7 China's aluminum scrap import volume up by 18.39% YoY in Jul 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 Bauxite mining rights transactions in Xiaoyi, Shanxi hit record high 4
2.2 US assigns preliminary dumping margin to one Taiwan's aluminum sheet supplier 4
2.3 EU extends AD duties on China aluminum foil in rolls 4
2.4 IAI: Global alumina output rises by 4% in Jul m-o-m 4
3 Market Movements 4
3.1 Chinese Market 4
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite prices rebound 4
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina prices drop 4
3.1.3 Prices of Chinese aluminum fluoride fall 5
3.1.4 Aluminum hydroxide prices slide 5
3.1.5 Fluorspar prices rebound 5
3.1.6 Liquid caustic soda prices up 5
3.1.7 Demand for aluminum ingot 99.7%min sluggish 5
3.1.8 Prices for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 increase 6
3.1.9 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 remains sluggish 6
3.1.10 Chinese aluminum scrap market continues to see tight supply 6
3.1.11 TCs for Chinese aluminum bar 6063 fluctuate at a low level 7
3.2 International Market 7
3.2.1 Prices of Guinean bauxite rebound 7
3.2.2 Export prices of Australian alumina slip 7
3.2.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride export prices rebound 8
3.2.4 Prices of imported cast aluminum alloy ingot decrease 8
3.2.5 Export prices of Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 rise 8
3.2.6 Chinese market sees increasing deals for imported Zorba aluminum scrap 8
4. Company News 8
4.1 Rio Tinto okays $180M expansion at Amrun bauxite mine 8
4.2 Xinjiang Huazhang Aluminum to finish aluminum project construction 8
4.3 Metro Mining achieves record bauxite shipment in Jul 9
4.4 Alufer Mining to expand bauxite production capacity 9
4.5 Century Aluminum to restart production in South Carolina, citing Trump's tariffs 9
4.6 Guangxi Huasheng New Material raises alumina production 9
4.7 Elite Mining Guinea stops bauxite production 9
4.8 Suregrow Integrated Mining Resources hikes bauxite production 9
4.9 Yuntianua Fluoride Chemical boosts aluminum fluoride production 9
4.10 AGL Mining starts bauxite production 9
4.11 Zhongtaixinbo finishes initiation of primary aluminum production 9
4.12 Lianchuang Aluminum suspends secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 9
4.13 Chaoqun Nonferrous Metals to upgrade secondary aluminum alloy ingot production lines 9
4.14 Shuozhou Energy Aluminum-Silicon Alloy conducts maintenance of electrolytic cells 10
4.15 Fengtong Aluminum Alloy to resume production of secondary aluminum alloy 10
4.16 Nuotaili Aluminum completes aluminum bar production line overhaul 10
4.17 Xinhengfeng Energy resumes operation of one aluminum bar production line 10
4.18 Yuanwang Electronics launches new aluminum rod production line 10
4.19 Xinyongfa Aluminum suspends secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.20 Gaobang Aluminum resumes aluminum bar production line 10
4.21 Laibin Huahang suspends aluminum bar production 10
4.22 Southeast Aluminum to complete aluminum bar upgrade 10
4.23 Changshen Alloy Materials resumes secondary aluminum alloy ingot production 10
5 Producers Statistics 11
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate up by 1.88% MOM in Aug 11
5.2 China's alumina output up by 13.05% YOY in Aug 11
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate up by 25.12% YOY in Aug 11
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output up by 47.19% YOY in Aug 12
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory down by 28.13% YOY in late Aug 12
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate down by 23.08% MOM in Aug 12
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output down by 22.43% MOM in Aug 12
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 86.83% in Aug 12
5.9 China's primary aluminum output up by about 0.05% MOM in Aug 13
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory up by 1.84% MOM in late Aug 13
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 46.24% in Aug 13
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output up by about 4.33% MOM in Aug 14
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory down by 16.20% MOM in late Aug 14
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 46.8% in Aug 14
5.15 China's aluminum bar output up by 1.61% MOM in Aug 15
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory down by 0.67% MOM in late Aug 15
6 Consumers Statistics 15
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite up by 15.88% YOY in Aug 15
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite up by 7.17% YOY in late Aug 16
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite down by 12.12% MOM in Aug 16
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite down by 21.21% MOM in late Aug 16
7. Customs Statistics 16
7.1 China's bauxite import volume up by 33.75% YOY in Jul 16
7.2 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume soars down by 27.36% MOM in Jul 17
7.3 China's low-density aluminum fluoride export volume down by 69.7% MOM in Jul 17
7.4 China's unwrought aluminum(Al<99.95%) import volume up by 91.19% YoY in Jul 2025 17
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum alloy import volume declined by 28.39% YOY in Jul 2025 18
7.6 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume grew by 38.30% YoY in Jul 2025 19
7.7 China's aluminum scrap import volume up by 18.39% YoY in Jul 2025 20
