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US’ primary aluminum production slides in Aug y-o-y

10 Nov 2021 14:54 reported by Joy Liu

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According to statistics from the US Geological Survey, the US produced 73,000 tons of primary aluminum this August, keeping flat compared to the previous month while dropping by 8.75% from the same month in 2020. The daily average output was 2,360 tons, unchanged month on month and declining by 9% year on year.

During the reporting period, the aluminum output recycled from aluminum scrap was 267,000 tons, reducing by 0.4% month on month and down by 1.1% year on year.

Among them, 142,000 tons were recycled from new aluminum scrap and 125,000 tons were from old aluminum scrap.