Bauxilum alumina sales down by 7pct in March

Worldal reported that Venezuela's CVG Bauxilum alumina sales rose 6.8% to 104,277 tonnes in March down from 111,831 tonnes in March 2010.

Bauxilum said that March alumina sales were up 4.7% however from sales of 99,607 tonnes in February 2011. Of March alumina sales, 58,024 tonnes were domestic sales and 46,253 tonnes were export sales. The March alumina export sales were to Swiss based trader Glencore International AG.

Bauxite sales from Bauxilum's Pijiguaos mine totaled 1,148 tonnes in March, up 5.03% from sales of 1,093 tonnes in March 2010. March bauxite sales were down 18.5% however from sales of 1,409 tonnes in February 2011. All March bauxite sales were to Ferralca, a downstream aluminum company.

CVG Bauxilum has alumina installed capacity of approximately 2 million tonnes per year and its bauxite capacity is between 5.5 million and 5.8 million tonnes per year. Bauxilum forms part of the Corporacion Venezolana de Guayana's 640,000 tonnes per year primary aluminum complex in Puerto Ordaz, Bolivar state.