SHANGHAI, Oct. 14 (SMM) – SMM surveys major producers in China’s base metal market every month to get first-hand production data, and the following table shows latest output data for September.
|
|
Sep. (Preliminary Data) |
YoY |
Jan.-Sep. |
YoY |
Aug. (Final Data) |
Oct. (E) |
|
Refined Copper |
650 |
3.17% |
5766 |
5.74% |
- |
668 |
|
Alumina |
4943 |
4.79% |
42735 |
1.43% |
4976* |
5299 |
|
Aluminum |
2705 |
6.50% |
23157 |
0.60% |
2732* |
2811 |
|
Primary Lead |
268 |
- |
2389 |
- |
222* |
262 |
|
Refined Zinc |
462 |
-2.30% |
4116 |
-3.50% |
438* |
470 |
|
Refined Nickel |
15.5 |
20.80% |
129.8 |
-15.90% |
14.5* |
15.5 |
|
NPI |
34.4 |
16.40% |
282.8 |
-6.29% |
29.6* |
34.9 |
|
Refined Tin |
15.4 |
23.00% |
125.6 |
N/A |
13.8* |
15.8 |
Source: SMM
Unit: 1,000 tonne
Notes: 1. Data in final column is revised data for August. 2. NPI output refers to output in Ni content.
For reasons behind the change, please see SMM reports.



