Monthly Aluminum Market Report Dec 2025

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 Ghana bans mining in forest reserves to protect environment 4
2.2 Indonesia auctions 629,000 metric tons of bauxite stockpile 4
2.3 Turkey Makes Preliminary Anti-dumping Ruling on Huaguangfu Aluminum Frame 4
2.4 Southeast Asian aluminum output expected to reach 2.7 million tons by 2026 4
2.5 China completes on-site phase for latest central environmental inspections 4
3 Market Movements 4
3.1 Chinese Market 4
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite prices decline 4
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina prices drop continuously 5
3.1.3 Prices of Chinese aluminum fluoride pick up 5
3.1.4 Aluminum hydroxide prices slide 5
3.1.5 Fluorspar prices mark down 5
3.1.6 Liquid caustic soda prices decline 5
3.1.Asian Metal Copyright14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 49.Asian Metal Copyright7 Prices for aluminum ingot 99.7%min climbed continuously 6
3.1.8 Prices for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 increase 6
3.1.Asian Metal Copyright1.Asian Metal Copyright9 Trading of Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 active 6
3.1.10 Chinese aluminum scrap market sees tight supply 6
3.1.11 TCs for Chinese aluminum bar 6063 decline 7
3.2 International Market 7
3.2.1 Prices of Guinean bauxite decrease 7
3.2.2 Export prices of Australian bauxite slip 8
3.2.3 Malaysian bauxite export prices decrease 8
3.2.4 Export prices of Australian alumina decrease 8
3.2.5 Export prices of Chinese aluminum fluoride hike 8
3.2.6 Imported prices of Chinese casting aluminum alloy ingot rise 8
3.2.7 Export transactions of Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 increase 8
3.2.8 Prices for Chinese imported Zorba aluminum scrap rise 9
4. Company News 9
4.1 Ashapura (Guinea) Minechem to raise bauxite output 9
4.2 Chengde Yingke Fine Chemicals increases aluminum fluoride production 9
4.3 DSM to hike bauxite production 9
4.4 Alufer Mining enhances bauxite production 9
4.5 Kambia Bauxite Mining to recover bauxite production 9
4.6 Guangxi Baikuang Alumina raises bauxite production 9
4.7 IB2 (China) raises bauxite output 9
4.8 Henan International Cooperation Group (Guinea) raises bauxite production 9
4.9 Henan Fude Technology raises aluminum fluoride production 9
4.10 South32 to mothball Mozambique smelter in March as power talks collapse 10
4.11 Dongguan Qingniao Metal Materials to raise aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.12 Jiangxi Jinli Aluminum Industry ceases aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.13 Sichuan Xinhexin Aluminum Industry enhances aluminum bar output 10
4.14 Qinghai Haiyuan Aluminum Special Alloy boosts aluminum bar output 10
4.15 Hubei Changshen Alloy Materials ceases aluminum alloy ingot operation 10
4.16 Shuozhou Energy Aluminum Silicon Alloy boosts aluminum ingot output 10
4.17 Anhui Xintai Alloy enhances aluminum alloy ingot production 10
4.18 Shandong Chuangyuan Renewable Resources reduces aluminum bar output 10
4.19 Suzhou Cangsong Metal Products enhances aluminum alloy ingot output 10
4.20 Shanxi Tianshuo New Materials raises aluminum bar production 11
5 Producers Statistics 11
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate down by 1.46% MOM in Dec 11
5.2 China's alumina output up by 5.21% YOY in Dec 11
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate down by 14.67% YOY in Dec 11
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output down by 9.09% MOM in Dec 12
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory up by 68.75% MOM in late Dec 12
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate up by 8.72% MOM in Dec 12
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output up by 19.57% MOM in Dec 12
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 87.5% in Dec 12
5.9 China's primary aluminum output up by about 0.14% MOM in Dec 13
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory up by about 65.23% MOM in late Dec 13
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 48.49% in Dec 13
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output down by about 2.19% MOM in Dec 14
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory down by about 0.95% MOM in late Dec 14
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 49.78% in Dec 14
5.15 China's aluminum bar output down by1.95% MOM in Dec 15
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory down by about 8.98% MOM in late Dec 15
6 Consumers Statistics 15
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite up by 13.75% YOY in Dec 15
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite up by 17.71% YOY in late Dec 16
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite down by 9.68% YOY in Dec 16
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite up by 10.33% MOM in late Dec 16
7. Customs Statistics 16
7.1 China's bauxite import volume up by 22.34% YOY in Nov 16
7.2 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume up by 84.66% MOM in Nov 17
7.3 China's low-density aluminum fluoride export volume down by 46.61% MOM in Nov 17
7.4 China's unwrought aluminum(Al＜99.Asian Metal Copyright67% YOY in Dec 11 5.Asian Metal Copyright95%) import volume decreased by 41.15% MOM in Nov 2025 17
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum alloy import volume declined by 28.20% YoY in Nov 2025 18
7.6 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume grew by 51.56% YoY in Nov 2025 19
7.7 China's aluminum scrap import volume grew by 17.67% YoY in Nov 2025 20
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