Monthly Aluminum Market Report April 2026
2026-05-15 17:25:47 【Print】
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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 EU launches first anti-dumping expiry review on Chinese aluminum extrusions 4
2.2 China's Q1 foreign trade hits record high 4
2.3 Ghana orders Newmont, AngloGold, Zijin to shift mining operations to local contractors 4
3 Market Movements 4
3.1 Chinese Market 4
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite prices stable 4
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina prices move down 4
3.1.3 Prices of Chinese aluminum fluoride rise 5
3.1.4 Aluminum hydroxide prices decrease 5
3.1.5 Fluorspar prices steady 5
3.1.6 Liquid caustic soda prices climb 5
3.1.7 Demand for aluminum ingot 99.7%min remains soft 5
3.1.8 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 declines 6
3.1.9 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 improves 6
3.1.10 Chinese aluminum scrap sees a structural shortage 6
3.1.11 Demand for Chinese aluminum bar 6063 weak 7
3.2 International Market 7
3.2.1 Prices of Guinean bauxite drop 7
3.2.2 Export prices of Australian bauxite slip 7
3.2.3 Malaysian bauxite export prices steady 7
3.2.4 Export prices of Australian alumina decline 8
3.2.5 Export prices of Chinese aluminum fluoride climb 8
3.2.6 Imported prices of Chinese casting aluminum alloy ingot rise 8
3.2.7 Demand for Chinese exported aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 robust 8
3.2.8 Prices for Chinese imported Zorba aluminum scrap rise 8
4. Company News 9
4.1 Anhui Jinyang Advanced Material ceases aluminum fluoride production 9
4.2 AGL Mining enhances bauxite production 9
4.3 Guizhou Huajin Aluminum to raise alumina production 9
4.4 Volta Aluminium Company Ltd(VALCO) to increase aluminum ingot production capacity 9
4.5 Turkish 34 Istanbul Mining to resume bauxite production 9
4.6 Henan Fude Technology stops aluminum fluoride production 9
4.7 Advance Group International suspends bauxite production 9
4.8 Zubair Andsons cuts bauxite output 9
4.9 Gansu Jiatang Aluminum to reduce alumina output 9
4.10 Uniprom Metal DOO boosts bauxite production 9
4.11 Dynamic Mining SAS decreases bauxite output 10
4.12 Guinea Birimian Gold SA (GBG) raises bauxite output 10
4.13 Xinjiang Tianlong Mining recovers aluminum ingot operation 10
4.14 Huafon Aluminium plans 55ktpa aluminum sheet, strip and foil project 10
4.15 Glencore Acquires 45% Stake in South Carolina Aluminum Recycling Plant 10
4.16 Nanchang Gaofei to build 60ktpa aluminum profiles project in Qingtongxia 10
4.17 Pingmei Shenma advances integrated aluminum value chain project in Central Asia 10
4.18 Sudarshan Aluminium to set up aluminum ingot plant 10
4.19 Qingchuan Zhongfu to build 250ktpa recycled aluminum alloy project 11
4.20 Jiangxi Baotai Nonferrous Metals Group boosts aluminum billet production 11
4.21 Xinjiang Zhongming Technology launches high-end aluminum coil project 11
4.22 Emirates Global Aluminium warns of up to 12-month recovery at Al Taweelah smelter after Iranian attack 11
5 Producers Statistics 11
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate down by 7.49% YOY in Apr 11
5.2 China's alumina output down by 2.51% YOY in Apr 11
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate down by 22.98% MOM in Apr 12
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output down by 24.74% MOM in Apr 12
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory down by 17.28% MOM in late Apr 12
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate up by 4.97% YOY in Apr 12
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output up by 28.17% YOY in Apr 13
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 88.07% in Apr 13
5.9 China's primary aluminum output up by about 0.2% MOM in Apr 13
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory down by about 25.54% MOM in late Apr 13
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 46.63% in Apr 13
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output up by about 2.72% MOM in Apr 14
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory up by about 17.84% MOM in late Apr 14
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 48.24% in Apr 14
5.15 China's aluminum bar output up by around 1.28% MOM in Apr 15
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory down by about 30.92% MOM in late Apr 15
6 Consumers Statistics 15
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite up by 19.15% YOY in Apr 15
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite up by 12.14% YOY in late Apr 16
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite down by 32.93% YOY in Apr 16
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite down by 17.86% YOY in late Apr 16
7. Customs Statistics 16
7.1 China's bauxite import volume up by 28.47% MOM in Mar 16
7.2 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume up by 93.8% YOY in Mar 17
7.3 China's low-density aluminum fluoride export volume soaring by 74.5% YOY in Mar 17
7.4 China's unwrought aluminum(Al＜99.95%) import volume increased 26.48% MoM in Mar 2026 17
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume grew 106.30% MoM in Mar 2026 18
7.6 China's aluminum scrap import volume grew 44.75% MoM in Mar 2026 19
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 EU launches first anti-dumping expiry review on Chinese aluminum extrusions 4
2.2 China's Q1 foreign trade hits record high 4
2.3 Ghana orders Newmont, AngloGold, Zijin to shift mining operations to local contractors 4
3 Market Movements 4
3.1 Chinese Market 4
3.1.1 Chinese origin bauxite prices stable 4
3.1.2 Chinese origin alumina prices move down 4
3.1.3 Prices of Chinese aluminum fluoride rise 5
3.1.4 Aluminum hydroxide prices decrease 5
3.1.5 Fluorspar prices steady 5
3.1.6 Liquid caustic soda prices climb 5
3.1.7 Demand for aluminum ingot 99.7%min remains soft 5
3.1.8 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 declines 6
3.1.9 Demand for Chinese aluminum alloy ingot A356.2 improves 6
3.1.10 Chinese aluminum scrap sees a structural shortage 6
3.1.11 Demand for Chinese aluminum bar 6063 weak 7
3.2 International Market 7
3.2.1 Prices of Guinean bauxite drop 7
3.2.2 Export prices of Australian bauxite slip 7
3.2.3 Malaysian bauxite export prices steady 7
3.2.4 Export prices of Australian alumina decline 8
3.2.5 Export prices of Chinese aluminum fluoride climb 8
3.2.6 Imported prices of Chinese casting aluminum alloy ingot rise 8
3.2.7 Demand for Chinese exported aluminum alloy ingot ADC12 robust 8
3.2.8 Prices for Chinese imported Zorba aluminum scrap rise 8
4. Company News 9
4.1 Anhui Jinyang Advanced Material ceases aluminum fluoride production 9
4.2 AGL Mining enhances bauxite production 9
4.3 Guizhou Huajin Aluminum to raise alumina production 9
4.4 Volta Aluminium Company Ltd(VALCO) to increase aluminum ingot production capacity 9
4.5 Turkish 34 Istanbul Mining to resume bauxite production 9
4.6 Henan Fude Technology stops aluminum fluoride production 9
4.7 Advance Group International suspends bauxite production 9
4.8 Zubair Andsons cuts bauxite output 9
4.9 Gansu Jiatang Aluminum to reduce alumina output 9
4.10 Uniprom Metal DOO boosts bauxite production 9
4.11 Dynamic Mining SAS decreases bauxite output 10
4.12 Guinea Birimian Gold SA (GBG) raises bauxite output 10
4.13 Xinjiang Tianlong Mining recovers aluminum ingot operation 10
4.14 Huafon Aluminium plans 55ktpa aluminum sheet, strip and foil project 10
4.15 Glencore Acquires 45% Stake in South Carolina Aluminum Recycling Plant 10
4.16 Nanchang Gaofei to build 60ktpa aluminum profiles project in Qingtongxia 10
4.17 Pingmei Shenma advances integrated aluminum value chain project in Central Asia 10
4.18 Sudarshan Aluminium to set up aluminum ingot plant 10
4.19 Qingchuan Zhongfu to build 250ktpa recycled aluminum alloy project 11
4.20 Jiangxi Baotai Nonferrous Metals Group boosts aluminum billet production 11
4.21 Xinjiang Zhongming Technology launches high-end aluminum coil project 11
4.22 Emirates Global Aluminium warns of up to 12-month recovery at Al Taweelah smelter after Iranian attack 11
5 Producers Statistics 11
5.1 Chinese alumina producers' operating rate down by 7.49% YOY in Apr 11
5.2 China's alumina output down by 2.51% YOY in Apr 11
5.3 Chinese aluminum fluoride producers' operating rate down by 22.98% MOM in Apr 12
5.4 China's aluminum fluoride output down by 24.74% MOM in Apr 12
5.5 China's aluminum fluoride inventory down by 17.28% MOM in late Apr 12
5.6 Guinean bauxite producers' operating rate up by 4.97% YOY in Apr 12
5.7 Guinean bauxite producers' output up by 28.17% YOY in Apr 13
5.8 Chinese primary aluminum producers' operating rate records 88.07% in Apr 13
5.9 China's primary aluminum output up by about 0.2% MOM in Apr 13
5.10 China's primary aluminum inventory down by about 25.54% MOM in late Apr 13
5.11 Chinese secondary aluminum alloy producers' operating rate records 46.63% in Apr 13
5.12 China's secondary aluminum alloy output up by about 2.72% MOM in Apr 14
5.13 China's secondary aluminum alloy inventory up by about 17.84% MOM in late Apr 14
5.14 Chinese aluminum bar producers' operating rate records 48.24% in Apr 14
5.15 China's aluminum bar output up by around 1.28% MOM in Apr 15
5.16 China's aluminum bar inventory down by about 30.92% MOM in late Apr 15
6 Consumers Statistics 15
6.1 China's consumption of imported bauxite up by 19.15% YOY in Apr 15
6.2 China's inventory of imported bauxite up by 12.14% YOY in late Apr 16
6.3 China's consumption of domestic bauxite down by 32.93% YOY in Apr 16
6.4 China's inventory of domestic bauxite down by 17.86% YOY in late Apr 16
7. Customs Statistics 16
7.1 China's bauxite import volume up by 28.47% MOM in Mar 16
7.2 China's anhydrous aluminum fluoride export volume up by 93.8% YOY in Mar 17
7.3 China's low-density aluminum fluoride export volume soaring by 74.5% YOY in Mar 17
7.4 China's unwrought aluminum(Al＜99.95%) import volume increased 26.48% MoM in Mar 2026 17
7.5 China's unwrought aluminum alloy export volume grew 106.30% MoM in Mar 2026 18
7.6 China's aluminum scrap import volume grew 44.75% MoM in Mar 2026 19
