Alumina exports from Brazil totaled 586,458 tonnes in September, a 3.32% year-on-year fall from 606,626 tonnes, according to data published by the economy ministry on Wednesday October 5.
That decrease was due to lower shipments from the S??o Lu?-s port, in the country's northeastern Maranh??o state. Alumar, an alumina refinery owned by Alcoa, South32, Rio Tinto and Alumina Ltd, is located in Maranh??o.Alcoa announced on September 20 that it was restarting Alumar's aluminium smelter, with first output expected in the second quarter of 2022. The smelter has a production capacity of 447,000 tonnes per year, but it will...