According to the report released by the World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS), in the first half of this year, the global primary aluminum market was face a short supply of around 490,000 tons, compared to 710,000 tons in the previous year.
During the same period, the global demand for primary aluminum had a year-on-year increase of 1.8%, reaching around 3,100 tons.
The global production increased by 1.91% or 570,000 tons year on year during the period. Among them, the production from China accounted for around 57% of the total, amounting to 17.43 million tons roughly.
WBMS: Global primary aluminum in short supply of 490,000 tons in H1 2019
22 Aug 2019 11:34 reported by Joy Liu
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