China’s aluminium exports slide as domestic consumption rises – 15 December 2025
According to Reuters reporting, China’s aluminium exports fell ~9.2% in 2025 as domestic manufacturing and energy sectors absorb more metal, tightening global supply and pushing international prices higher near multi-year highs.
👉 Source: Reuters / Mining.com column — China steel exports surge but aluminium shipments slide Reuters
Summary :
Steel production is informally capped at no more than the previous year’s 1.005 billion metric tons, and given production for the first 10 months of the year was 817.87 million tons, it’s likely that 2025 output will dip below 1 billion tons, the first time this has happened since 2019.
Ongoing weakness in the property construction sector is blamed for soft steel demand, and mills have tried to compensate by exporting more.
China’s exports of steel products rose 6.7% to 107.72 million tons in the first 11 months of the year compared to the same period in 2024, according to customs data released on Monday.
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