According to statistics released by the International Aluminum Institute (IAI), South American alumina production totaled 996,000 tons in August this year, hiking by 2.21% compared to the previous month and by 6.3% from the year-ago period.
North American alumina production was 211,000 tons during the period, up by nearly 5% compared to the preceding month but down by 0.5% from the same month a year ago.
In the first eight months of this year, alumina output in South America was around 7.6 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 9.21%. Meanwhile, North American alumina output was approximately 1.6 million tons, down by 7.75% year on year.
South America's alumina production grows in Aug y-o-y
19 Oct 2022 16:10 reported by Joy Liu
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