According to provisional figures from the International Aluminum Institute, daily average primary aluminum output in April rose to 70,400 tonnes from 69,800 tonnes in March. Total production in April was 2.112 million tonnes compared with 2.163 million tonnes in March and 1.983 million in April 2010.
Daily average primary aluminum output in China rose to 48,400 tonnes in April compared with 45,600 tonnes in March. Primary aluminum production in China rose to 1.451 million tonnes in April from 1.415 million tonnes in March.