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Published: Nov 24, 2025 10:54

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Looking back at 2025, China's operating aluminum capacity further approached the compliance capacity ceiling, but few new projects were put into operation during the year, resulting in limited capacity growth. Boosted by earlier production cuts due to losses and the gradual resumption of production from technological transformation projects, China's aluminum production is expected to achieve a YoY growth rate of 1.7% in 2025. Overseas, the operating capacity by now has increased by about 500,000 mt compared to the end of 2024, mainly driven by production resumptions at aluminum plants in Germany, Spain, Malaysia, New Zealand, Brazil, and the commissioning of new aluminum projects in Indonesia.

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