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02 FEBRUARY 2023 AL CIRCLE

Africa & Asia’s alumina production slows down 4.6% in 4Q2022; but scales up for full-year to 13.79 Mt

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In Africa & Asia (ex-China), alumina production during December 2022 stood at 1.129 million tonnes, bringing the total output in the fourth quarter to 3.349 million tonnes, found the International Aluminium Institute. The monthly production stood restrained M-o-M and 5 per cent lower Y-o-Y than 1.188 million tonnes, while the quarterly output edged a 4.61 per cent decline Q-o-Q than 3.511 million tonnes and a 1.67 per cent dip Y-o-Y than 3.406 million tonnes.

Africa & Asia’s alumina production slows down 4.6% in 4Q2022 but scales up for full-year to 13.79 Mt

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According to IAI data, Africa & Asia’s alumina production reflected a slowdown for a significant period in Q4 2022. Although it started with a sequential rise in October by 6.01 per cent to 1.181 million tonnes, it encountered a downfall and then restraint in the two successive months.

In the full-year 2022, Africa & Asia (ex-China) produced 13.792 million tonnes of alumina; however, up by 4.41 per cent year-on-year from 13.210 million tonnes. Africa & Asia’s 2022 full-year production was equally contributed by the year's second half with an output volume of 6.95 million tonnes, slightly up from 6.842 million tonnes in H1 2022.

International Aluminium Institute also showed the world alumina production in 2022 amounted to 139.02 million tonnes, of which the output in the second half was 70.576 million tonnes. The full-year alumina production across the globe was 0.31 per cent less than 139.02 million tonnes in 2021, while the output in H2 2022 stood up by 2.23 per cent from 69.038 million tonnes a year ago.


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