Chinese bauxite prices fall on temporary production restart
By Yoke Wong
Published: Friday, 30 June 2017
Calcined bauxite prices in China declined this week following sharp increases over the past month as some production has restarted, but supply uncertainty persists as many in the market warned that operations could be shut down again when environmental inspections return.
Chinese bauxite spot prices fell in late-June following
weeks of increases as some production has restarted after the
departure of the environmental inspectors from Shanxi and
Tianjin.
According to two Tianjin-based suppliers, the environmental
team dispatched from the central government in Beijing has left
the bauxite-producing region of Shanxi and...