Monthly Aluminum Market Report Mar 2026

1 Market Highlights 5
1.1 Bauxite 5
1.2 Alumina 5
1.3 Aluminum fluoride 5
1.4 Primary aluminum 5
1.5 Secondary aluminum alloy ingot 5
1.6 Aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 5
1.7 Aluminum scrap 5
1.8 Aluminum bar 5
2 Policy and Economy 5
2.1 Shipping disrupted through Strait of Hormuz 5
2.2 Crude oil prices surge 5
2.3 Mexico extends anti-dumping duties on Chinese aluminum pressure cookers 5
3 Market Movements 5
3.1 Chinese Market 5
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite prices decline 5
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina prices pick up 5
3.1.3 Prices of Chinese aluminum fluoride rise 6
3.1.4 Aluminum hydroxide prices increase 6
3.1.5 Fluorspar prices mark up 6
3.1.6 Liquid caustic soda prices climb 6
3.1.Asian Metal Copyright3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite down by 28.Asian Metal Copyright7 Prices for aluminum ingot 99.7%min increase 6
3.1.8 Prices for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 rise 7
3.1.Asian Metal Copyright1.Asian Metal Copyright9 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 recovers 7
3.1.10 Chinese aluminum scrap prices move up 7
3.1.11 Demand for Chinese aluminum bar 6063 picks up 8
3.2 International Market 8
3.2.1 Prices of Guinean bauxite rebound 8
3.2.2 Export prices of Australian bauxite slip 8
3.2.3 Malaysian bauxite export prices climb 9
3.2.4 Export prices of Australian alumina pick up 9
3.2.5 Export prices of Chinese aluminum fluoride increase 9
3.2.6 Imported prices of Chinese casting aluminum alloy ingot rise 9
3.2.7 Demand for Chinese exported aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 improve 9
3.2.8 Prices for Chinese imported Zorba aluminum scrap rise 9
4. Company News 10
4.1 CSK Mining to resume bauxite operation 10
4.2 Aluminium Bahrain Feblares force majeure on contracts 10
4.3 Guinea Colia Mining builds alumina plant 10
4.4 Nigeria, Africa Finance Corporation sign $1.3bn alumina refinery deal 10
4.5 Norsk Hydro: Qatalum initiates controlled shutdown of aluminium production 10
4.6 Fluorsid SpA raises aluminum fluoride production 10
4.7 Metro Mining restarts Bauxite Hills operations after wet season maintenance 10
4.8 Vinacomin to expand alumina production capacity 10
4.9 CGRE Legend Farm Snd Bhd raises bauxite production 11
4.10 Vedanta raises alumina production 11
4.11 Changji Zhundong Economic and Technological Development Zone Tianlin Aluminum Manufacturing raises aluminum billet production 11
4.12 Hubei Huajin Aluminum Industry recovers aluminum alloy ingot operation 11
4.13 Wantai New Materials (Baotou) raises aluminum alloy ingot output 11
4.14 Suzhou YaDelin resumes aluminum alloy ingot production 11
4.15 Huimin Tianyang Metal Materials decreases aluminum billet output 11
4.16 Qinghai Xinhao Aluminum Industry resumes aluminum billet production 11
4.17 Shandong Chuangyuan Renewable Resources raises aluminum billet production 12
4.18 Zhejiang Judong increases aluminum alloy ingot output 12
4.19 Yanshan Nannan Aluminum Technology decreases aluminum billet production 12
4.20 Jiangxi Jinli Aluminum Industry raises aluminum alloy ingot output 12
4.21 Yizhang Hongyuan Chemicals decreases aluminum fluoride output 12
4.22 PT Borneo Alumindo Prima (BAP) increases alumina production 12
4.23 Kambia Bauxite Mining SA to boost bauxite output 12
5 Producers Statistics 12
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate down by 12.55% YOY in Mar 12
5.2 China's alumina output down by 6.94% YOY in Mar 13
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate down by 19.56% YOY in Mar 13
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output down by 15.93% YOY in Mar 13
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory down by 19% YOY in late Mar 14
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate up by 5.75% YOY in Mar 14
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output up by 32.62% YOY in Mar 14
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 87.9% in Mar 14
5.9 China's primary aluminum output up by about 0.34% MOM in Mar 15
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory down by about 65.9% MOM in late Mar 15
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 45.05% in Mar 15
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output up by about 93.12% MOM in Mar 15
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory up by about 5.05% MOM in late Mar 16
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 48.07% in Mar 16
5.15 China's aluminum bar output up by around 22.28% MOM in Mar 16
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory down by about 34.14% MOM in late Mar 17
6 Consumers Statistics 17
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite up by 11.9% YOY in Mar 17
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite up by 16.05% YOY in late Mar 17
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite down by 28.78% YOY in Mar 18
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite down by 21.77% YOY in late Mar 18
7. Customs Statistics 18
7.1 China's bauxite import volume down by 11.95% MOM in Feb 18
7.2 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume up by 68.67% MOM in Feb 18
7.3 China's low-density aluminum fluoride export volume soaring by 90.08% YOY in Feb 19
7.4 China's unwrought aluminum(Al＜99.Asian Metal Copyright3 Malaysian bauxite export prices climb 9 3.Asian Metal Copyright95%) import volume up by 0.64% YOY in Feb 2025 19
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum alloy import volume declined 28.33% YoY in Feb 2026 19
7.6 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume fell 45.11% MoM in Feb 2026 20
7.7 China's aluminum scrap import volume declined 29.27% MoM in Feb 2026 21
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