China to Launch Severer Environmental Rule for Secondary Alloyed Al

China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association (CNIA) will renew regulation for Chinese secondary alloyed aluminium makers. CNIA now discusses regulation for environmental actions and production facilities to launch in and after 2012. CNIA tries to encourage consolidation and save new capacity when the industry with overcapacity has still new capacity.

Beijing Antaike Information Development’s senior analyst Xiong Hui said to a reporter of Japan Metal Bulletin CNIA didn’t disclose the detail but CNIA will add the regulation for environmental action while CNIA keeps more than 50,000 tonnes of annual output capacity regulation.

CNIA started the regulation of more than 50,000 tonnes of capacity in 2007 to shut down smaller plants. Ms. Xiong said many of plants with 10,000 tonnes or less output capacity were closed in years. However, many plants with less than 50,000 tonnes of capacity operate now while they have little dust collectors and other facility to conserve environment.

Ms. Xiong said many makers plan new projects including new plant with 50,000 tonnes of annual output capacity in Changchun and new company with 300,000 tonnes of output capacity in Guangxi province.

Ms. Xiong said Antaike expects Chinese secondary alloyed aluminium output will increase by 6.7% to 5.17 million tonnes in 2011 from 2010 as outlook in July. She said uncertainty is increasing toward 2012 but the demand could increase if automobile output increases under healthy Chinese economy.