North American primary aluminium production drops 6% YOY in February
The Aluminum Association, in cooperation with the Aluminium Association of Canada has reported the total primary aluminium production in North America in February.
The combined aluminium production in the U.S. and Canada was at an annual rate of 3,963,809 tonnes during February 2017. This records a slight drop of about 5,095 tpy (-0.1%) from the production rate in January 2017.
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The production rate in the U.S. was essentially unchanged month on month, while the Canadian rate dropped two-tenths of one %. Compared to a year ago, the North American annual rate was 6.0 % below the February 2017 rate of 4,217,973 tonnes. Actual production for the month of January and February 2017 totalled 641,158 tonnes, 6.8 % from the same period of 2016.
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