China’s alumina production in Dec’23 reflects a 5.7% growth, bringing annual output close to 80 million tonnes
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Update time : 2024-01-11 15:35:48
The Shanghai Metals Market has revealed the world’s largest alumina producer’s output in December 2023, and with that comes China’s total production figure for the entire year.
As per the data shown, China’s metallurgical-grade alumina output in December 2023 (31 days) stood at 6.795 million tonnes, slightly up by 0.74 per cent from 6.745 million tonnes in November and 5.7 per cent higher than 6.43 million tonnes in December 2022. However, the country’s daily average output fell month-on-month in December by 2.49 per cent, from 224,800 tonnes to 219,200 tonnes.
According to SMM data, China’s total alumina production in 2023 reached 79.8 million tonnes, leveraging the operating capacity of 80.04 million tonnes at the end of December. The installed capacity at the end of the year was 100 million tonnes, found SMM.
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