Chalco’s primary aluminium production increased in H1 2017

<p>Ao Hong, president of Chalco, said on Friday, that the company&rsquo;s primary aluminium production increased in the first six months of this year. &nbsp;He said that the increased production was due to capacity curtailments by private rivals, reported by Reuters.</p> <p>Chalco&rsquo;s production increased by 250,000 tonnes in the first half of 2017. The outright production figure for the mentioned period has not been divulged by the company. &nbsp;Chalco&rsquo;s smelting capacity is about 5 million tonnes per year</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/chalco%20aluminium%2019%20August.jpg" alt="news" width="448" height="300" /></p> <p>The company will make further investments in H2 2017 to increase the production of aluminium.&nbsp; The investment will gradually reflect in company&rsquo;s production in 2018.</p> <p>According to the estimated figures by the consultancy AZ China, Chalco&rsquo;s primary aluminium production would increase by 15 percent to 3.39 million tonnes in 2017. The company&rsquo;s production was 2.95 million tonnes in 2016.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.alcircle.com/primary_aluminium/newscircle/general/detail/28445/the-wait-is-over-alcircle-exclusive-report-on-potline-failure-now-available-for-purchase" target="_blank"><img style="vertical-align: middle;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/buynow.gif" alt="news" width="480" height="84" /></a></p> <p>For the first half of 2017, Chalco&rsquo;s profit jumped more than tenfold year-on-year. &nbsp;The company reported&nbsp;net income&nbsp;of 751.3 million yuan and revenue of 91.3 billion yuan.&nbsp;</p>