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19 JANUARY 2021 AL CIRCLE

China’s 2020 aluminium production records 4.9% growth to 37.08MT, with December output at all-time high

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According to the latest data revealed by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), China’s aluminium production in 2020 increased by 4.9 per cent year-on-year to stand at 37.08 million tonnes, attributing to capacity ramp-up by smelters to cash in on soaring prices. Output in December stood all-time high at 3.27 million tonnes even the price rally cooled. That was up by 2.8 per cent month-on-month from 3.182 million tonnes, surpassing the previously monthly record of 3.2 million tonnes in October 2020.

China’s 2020 aluminium production records 4.9% growth to 37.08MT, with December output at all-time high

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According to NBS data, China’s full-year aluminium output in 2020 beat the last annual peak of 35.802 million tonnes in 2018. Production dropped in 2019 for the first time in a decade.

Shanghai aluminium prices fell 4.2 per cent in December after hiking by 22.5 per cent over 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nevertheless, the prices remained well above the break-even levels for Chinese smelters.

Aluminium Industry Recap: 2020

CRU analyst Wan Ling said another 300,000 tonnes of annual aluminium smelting capacity was put into production in December at Inner Mongolia and the emerging smelting hub of Yunnan.

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