China is the world’s No. 1 producer of aluminum, accounting for one-third of both world output and world consumption of primary aluminum, as per a report by minerals and metals research firm Roskill Information Services. For full story, click here
The annual rate of primary U.S. aluminum output in April slipped 36.5 percent year-on-year to 1,764,641 tonnes from 2,779,160 tonnes in April 2008, and was down 2.5 percent from March’s annual rate of 1,809,788 tonnes. For full story, click here
Russian aluminum giant Rusal declared that its primary aluminum output had dipped 7.2% year-on-year in January-March to 1 million metric tons. For full story, click here
Brazilian primary aluminum production dropped by 5.9% YoY in February 2009 to 120,600 tonnes. For full story, click here
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