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South32's FY18 manganese output up 10%, Ni gains 20%

Australian miner and metals company South32 witnessed strong performances from its manganese ore and ferronickel operations during the financial year ended June 2018, according to the company's latest quarterly report released on July 19. South32 is headquartered in Perth, Western Australia.

China's H1 Al output grows 1.6%, June's slowing down

China's primary aluminum output has been remaining largely steady, as the production for the first half of 2018 grew moderately by 1.6% on year to 16.5 million tonnes, and the June output alone up 0.8% on year to about 2.8 million tonnes, according to the latest data released on July

China's Jan-Apr industrial power consumption up 7%

China's power consumption by the secondary industry including heavy and light rose 6.9% on year to 1.42 trillion kWh over January-April, compared with a general 9.3% in the country's total power consumption, indicating that the sector has been growing healthily.

LDC sells off global metals business to Chinese fund

Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC), a world's leading trading company headquartered in Rotterdam, West Europe's Netherlands, completed selling off its global metals business LDC Metals to a Chinese fund - NCCL Natural Resources Investment Fund, according to a LDC statement on May 11.

China's Nov Cu output up on price rebound, Al down

In November, China's copper output edged up 0.6% month on month with higher operation rates while aluminum output plunged 7.7% on month amid environmental restrictions, Mysteel understands from the market.