Brazil produced 48,800 tonnes of primary aluminium in November 2018, making this the lowest monthly output of the year, national aluminium association Abal's figures showed.
Output in November was 26.70% lower year on year than the 66,600 tonnes produced in November 2017 and 3.40% less than the 50,500 tonnes of primary aluminium in October 2018. Monthly production in 2018 has been constantly lower than in the previous year since April, when Albras reduced operations to half capacity because of environmental issues surrounding Alunorte alumina refinery. Albras, one of only two primary aluminium producer-suppliers in Brazil, is 51% owned by Norway's Norsk Hydro, which also owns the Alunorte refinery. The other smelter is...