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China government to shut down illegal aluminum smelting plant, but bauxite imports soaring

13 Nov 2017 15:13 reported by Alex Lo

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It is reported that China's bauxite imports surged this year, with the imports rising nearly 50% in September, although China's primary aluminum production fell for the third consecutive month, but the bauxite imports in September was imported 6.5 million tons. In January-September, China's bauxite imports were 51.3 million tons, an annual increase by 36.1%.

China government was dedicated to shut down illegal aluminum smelting plant, the output of primary aluminum fell by 5.2%. In June 2017, the output of primary aluminum reached 2.93 million tons , According to CRU statistic showed that the annual capacity of China aluminum smelting was about 45 million tons.

China government would cut down the capacity of primary aluminum and would plan to shut down 3-4 million tons permanently this year and plan to take more measures to carry it out in the next few months.