In October alone, China produced 7.87 million tonnes of alumina, up by 5.8 per cent from the same month of 2024, the NBS data indicated. However, production decreased by 1.7 per cent during the same month compared with September, Mysteel Global calculated based on the NBS data.
Among China's five key alumina-producing regions, three recorded on-month declines in October, Mysteel Global noted. Alumina output in Guizhou, Guangxi, and Shanxi declined by 28.5 per cent, 2.1 per cent, and 1.2 per cent, respectively, according to the NBS statistics. Even in Shandong, the country's largest production base, production remained broadly stable, edging up by a marginal 0.1 per cent.
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The on-month drop in nationwide output was mainly caused by small-scale production curtailments at some alumina refineries amid shrinking profitability in the domestic alumina sector, which fell to a five-month low last month. Mysteel's monthly survey showed that average profits among the 44 refiners under its monitoring slumped by 48.6 per cent from September to just RMB 149 per tonne (USD 21 per tonne) last month, the lowest monthly average since May this year.
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