Volumes of production of aluminium on the world market in January 2014 compared to January 2013 increased by 2.8%. This is evidenced by the International Aluminium Institutе, reports Metallservis.
In particular, the production of winged metal in the world for the first month of this year amounted to 4,252 million tonnes.
According to the International Aluminium Institute, the aluminium production capacity in the global market in 2013 compared to 2012 increased by 4.2% to 46.5 million tons.
In this issue of the "winged" metal in China totaled at the end of last year, 22 million tonnes, equivalent to 47% of world production. The daily average aluminium production in the world increased last year by 5.7%, reaching 136,2 thousand tons.
Recall that the volume of production of aluminium on the world market in November 2013 compared to November 2012 decreased by 66 thousand tons and amounted to 1,969 million tonnes. A year earlier, the world production of winged metal was estimated at 2,035 million tons. In comparison with October of last year, production dropped by 70 thousand tons.