South America¡¯s primary aluminium production down 3% YoY in July

Primary aluminium production in South America came in at 93,000 tonnes in July 2019, a decrease of 3.13 per cent from July 2018 production of 96,000 tonnes, data showed by the International Aluminium Institute (IAI).

South America’s production of primary aluminium stood 2.11% lower month-on-month. Production was at 95,000 tonnes in June 2019.

In the first seven months of 2019, the total production stood at 608,000 tonnes, down 13.88 per cent from last year’s production of 706,000 tonnes. South America’s primary aluminium production for 2018 stood at 1.164 million tonnes, IAI data showed.

Global production in the first seven months of 2019 stood at 37.073 million tonnes, almost flat from 37.235 million tonnes in the first seven months of 2018. In July, primary aluminium production dropped from 5.475 million tonnes in July 2018 to 5.405 million tonnes.

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