China’s aluminium consumption nudges up in H1

SHANGHAI, Jul 18 (SMM) – China consumed 17.78 million mt of primary aluminium in the first half of this year, up a slight 0.9% from the same period last year, SMM data showed.

Meanwhile, the country produced 17.81 million mt of primary aluminium, down 2.7% from a year ago.

As of the end of June, social inventory of primary aluminium across the country stood at 1.96 million mt, up 17,000 mt from the level seen at the end of last year.