Chinese nonferrous metal output up 24pct in 10 months

According to latest official statistics that China output of ten nonferrous metals, including aluminum and copper rose 23.9%YoY to 26.14 million tonnes in the first 10 months.

According to figures released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, compared with the same period of last year, the output of refined copper rose 11.8% to 3.78 million tonnes and that of virgin aluminum was up 32.5% to 13.74 million tonnes.

The output of lead climbed 8.8% to 3.35 million tonnes and that of zinc rose 21% to 4.26 million tonnes.

（Sourced from Xinhua）