Global primary aluminum output, excluding China, averaged 67,500 mt/day in May, up from a revised 67,300 mt/day in April, but down from 68,100 mt/day in May 2013, figures released Friday by the International Aluminium Institute showed.
Total production in May (31 days) was 2.093 million mt, up from a revised 2.020 million mt in April (30 days) but down from 2.111 million mt in May 2013.
Production for the first five months of 2014 was 10.108 million mt, at an average rate of 66,900 mt/day, compared with 10.312 million mt at an average rate of 68,300 mt/day in January-May 2013.