World aluminum production rose 2.6% to 5.44 million mt in May: IAI

　　Total global production in May stood at 5.44 million mt, up from 5.3 million mt in April. The figure was marginally higher year-on-year.

　　Production on a daily basis was slightly down month-on-month at 175,500 mt.

　　For the January-May period, world production was down less than 1% year-on-year at 26.43 million mt from 26.6 million a year before.

　　Chinese primary aluminum production in May rose 2.8% month-on-month but was down 1.4% year-on-year. For the period January-May, China produced 14.88 million mt of primary aluminum, down 2.7% on year.

　　Production within Europe and North America saw a rise of 3.6% and 3.2% month-on-month at 660,000 mt and 321,000 mt respectively in May.

　　In Asia ex-China, May data showed that primary production rebounded by 4.5% month-on-month at 371,000 mt from a 6% drop in April. The figure was also 16% higher from a year before.

　　In Middle East aluminum production followed the uptrend and also increased by 2.7% on month at 458,000 mt from 446,000 mt in April. That would also mark a 6.8% rise year-on-year.