By Stuart Burns
China's aluminum output has been running flat out during the first quarter despite the coronavirus sweeping the country, Reuters reported today.
China's aluminum production rose by 2.4% year over year in the first two months of 2020, Reuters advised, as smelting capacity commissioned late last year took supply higher, with output averaging 97,500 metric tons a day over January and February combined.
However, that average was down from around 98,000 tons a day in December, but it was still the third-highest daily rate on record.
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