China’s primary aluminum output increased 0.6% month on month to 2.9 million mt in November despite a yearly decrease of 3.2%, according to the National Bureau of Statistics’ data released Thursday. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now China’s primary aluminum output might reach 35.93 million mt in 2019, down 1.8% year on year, Wang Hongfei, aluminum department manager with Antaike, a Chinese consultancy, said at a recent industry conference. China’s aluminum consumption might decrease 1.2% year on year to 36.55 million mt in 2019, which would be the first negative growth seen over the past thirty years, she added. The weaker demand from real estate, automobile and home appliance sectors this year contributed to the decrease in consumption. Over January-November, aluminum output totaled 32.13 million mt, down 0.6% compared with the same period last year. Aluminum accounted for 60.3% of the […]