China’s Electrolytic Aluminum Production Capacity in 2019


According to the statistics of Asian Metal Network, the annual production capacity of China’s electrolytic aluminum is expected to increase by 2.14 million tons in 2019, including 150,000 tons of resumption production capacity and 1.99 million tons of new production capacity.

China’s electrolytic aluminum output in October was about 2.97 million tons, a slight increase from September’s 2.95 million tons. From January to October, China’s electrolytic aluminum output totaled approximately 29.76 million tons, a slight decrease of 0.87% compared with the same period of last year.

At present, China’s electrolytic aluminum has an annual production capacity of about 47 million tons, and the total output in 2018 is about 36.05 million tons. Market participants expect that China’s total output of electrolytic aluminum will reach 35.7 million tons in 2019.