NBS: China's primary aluminum output rises 3% YoY in April

China produced 3.87 million tonnes of primary aluminum in April, up by 3.1% from a year earlier, according to the latest data released on May 18 by the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

On an on-month basis, last month's output increased by 0.5% from March, Mysteel Global calculated based on the NBS data. Daily production averaged 129,000 tonnes in April, representing a 3.1% increase from the same month last year and a 3.8% rise from March, according to Mysteel Global's calculation. The climb in output