Aluminium output down 2.7% in Mar

Published: Apr 9, 2018 08:34

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China produced 3.03 million mt of aluminium in March, down 2.7% year on year, according to SMM data.

SHANGHAI, Apr 8 (SMM) – China produced 3.03 million mt of aluminium in March, down 2.7% year on year, according to SMM data.

This brought the total output for the first quarter of this year to 8.76 million mt, down 2.5% from the corresponding period last year. The decrease was mostly due slower commissioning of new capacity resulted from lower aluminium prices and profit losses.

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