Operating rates of aluminium smelters in major production provinces - Shandong (100%), Xinjiang (99.35%) and Inner Mongolia (95.76%) were pretty high in March. The combined installed aluminium capacity in these three provinces are 20.65 million mt, nearly half of China's total.
As of April 20, 930,000 mt of aluminium capacity was resumed in China while 212,000 mt was newly commissioned. The two combined are 1.14 million mt, which could almost counteract the 1.2 million mt of aluminium capacity that was cut earlier.
Monthly aluminium production rose in the first quarter when compared with same period last year.
