China’s aluminium production up by 7.9% to 3.16 million tonnes in September
China’s aluminium production increased 7.9% from a year earlier as prices recovered and new smelters came online. The daily output also reached a record high of 105,333 tonnes last month.
Aluminium production came in at 3.16 million tonnes in September, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. The output was down month-on-month. China had produced 3.171 million tonnes of aluminium in August.
In January-September, aluminium production in China amounted to 27.45 million tonnes, an increase of 2.8% from a year earlier.
375,000 tonnes of new annual capacity came on stream in September and a further 160,000 tonnes of capacity restarted, according to research house Antaike.
“(September production rose) due to the ramp up of new capacities in Yunnan and Sichuan,” said CRU analyst Wan Ling.
China’s production of 10 nonferrous metals - including copper, aluminium, lead, zinc and nickel, stood at 5.32 million tonnes in September, up about 7% from September 2019.
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