Aluminium Output in Jan Suppressed by Power Shortage

SHANGHAI, Feb 9 (SMM) - Domestic aluminium output in January (31 days) declined 0.6% month-on-month but increased 6.7% year-on-year to 3.42 million mt, with daily output declining 642 mt to 110,300 mt. In light of power shortage in Guizhou from December 2022 to January 2023, the operating capacity of aluminium in January 2023 was 760,000 mt lower than that at the end of November, and 310,000 mt lower than that at the end of December after three round of power curtailment. At the same time, a capacity of 50,000 mt was resumed in Sichuan and Guangxi and a capacity of 120,000 mt was newly put into production by Gansu Zhongrui, Guizhou Yuanhao and Mongolia Baiyinhua.