Estimated global production of primary aluminium in February 2019 decreased by 9% month-on-month, according to figures published on the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) website on Wednesday March 20.
An estimated 49 million tonnes of primary aluminium were produced in February this year, compared with the estimated 54 million tonnes produced in January.Output figures were depressed for almost all global producers, with only South America reporting no change month-on-month, producing 8.2 million tonnes of material in both January and February.Significantly, China, the world's largest aluminium producer, was alone in reporting an estimated...