US primary aluminum output in August jumps up by 9pct

Reuters reported that the annual rate of primary US aluminum production rose 9.4% to 1,718,667 tonnes in August from 1,570,783 tonnes in August 2009 but was down 0.2% from July's annual rate of 1,722,329 tonnes.

The Aluminum Association said that for the year through August, the annual production rate was down 3.9% at 1,714,950 tonnes from an annual production rate of 1,784,967 tonnes for the comparable 2009 period.

（Sourced from Reuters）