SHANGHAI, March 29 (Reuters) - Aluminum Corp of China Ltd , the world's most valuable aluminium company, has predicted the recovering global economy and steady growth in China will boost aluminium demand this year.
Following are production capacity, output and consumption data for China and the global market in 2009, as well as Chalco's forecasts for 2010 (in million tonnes):
ALUMINA
Global capacity 99.95 104.80
Global output 72.66 82.80
Global consumption 72.36 78.40
China capacity 33.26 36.50
China output 23.82 30.80
China consumption 26.43 35.00
Chalco capacity 11.28 n/a
Chalco output 7.78 10.43 (calculation)
China imports 5.14 4.20
Import price (CIF) n/a $330-$400/T
Domestic spot price n/a 2,600-3,200 yuan/T
ALUMINIUM
Global capacity 48.05 51.00
Global output 37.68 41.60
Global consumption 34.82 39.40
China capacity 19.50 21.54
China output 12.98 17.00
China consumption 13.80 16.50
Chalco capacity 3.97 n/a
Chalco output 3.44 3.96
Global price n/a $2,000-$2,400/T
China price n/a 15,500-18,000 yuan/T
(Reporting by Rujun Shen, Li Hongwei and Edmund Klamann, Editing by Ian Geoghegan)
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