Australian mining company South32 reported higher aluminium production in the first half of its 2018 financial year to December 31, 2017, coinciding with a period of higher aluminium prices.
Both sales and production rose at its Mozal operation in Mozambique in the six months to December 31, offsetting a small fall in aluminium sales at South Africa Aluminium. South32 reported a 10% year-on-year rise in aluminium sales to 147,000 tonnes from its 47.1%-majority owned Mozal joint-venture with Mitsubishi Corp. Mozal's saleable production increased 1,000 tonnes to a record 137,000 tonnes in the same period. The Mozal smelter operated at...