According to statistics released by the International Aluminum Institute (IAI), global primary aluminum output amounted to approximately 5.48 million tons in March, rising by 1.5% from the same month a year ago and also hiking by around 6.4% from last month.
The month-on-month in March was due to an increase in China’s output, which was the main aluminum producer in the world, accounting for around 3.1 million tons, a month-on-month growth of 6.5%.
Besides, among the output in March, North America had a month-on-month hike of 8.9%, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries had a month-on-month increase of 6.7%, Asian countries (excluding China) had a month-on-month growth of 3.9%, and the Eastern and Central Europe countries had a month-on-month rise of 6.9%.
Global primary aluminum output rises in Mar y-o-y
24 Apr 2020 14:09 reported by Joy Liu
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