NBS: China's primary aluminum output up 1.7% YoY in May

China's primary aluminum output rose by 1.7% on year to 3.89 million tonnes in May, according to the latest data released on June 16 by the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

May's output marked a 0.5% uptick from the previous month, Mysteel Global's calculation based on the NBS data showed. On a per-day basis, national primary aluminum output averaged 125,484 tonnes last month, up by 1.6% from a year earlier but down by 2.7% from April, Mysteel Global also calculated. The NBS figure