SAO PAULO, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Brazil's primary aluminum output fell 5 percent in January to 128,600 tonnes compared with 135,400 tonnes produced in the same month of 2009, the Brazilian Aluminum Association (ABAL) said on Thursday.
For the month of December 2009, production was 7 percent lower than the same month of 2008, falling to 128,600 tonnes.
Brazil is the world's sixth biggest aluminum producer.
Following is a table of comparative data for primary aluminum production by company for the month of January.
Volumes are in thousands of tonnes and variations are expressed as percentages.
MONTHLY OUTPUT:
2009 2010 Variation
ALBRAS 39.0 37.1 -4.9
ALCOA 29.0 28.1 -3.1
- Pocos de Caldas 6.5 5.8 -10.8
- Sao Luis 22.5 22.3 -0.9
BHP BILLITON 15.0 14.9 -0.7
CBA 39.8 40.4 1.5
NOVELIS 9.3 8.1 -12.9
- Ouro Preto 4.2 4.1 -2.4
- Aratu 5.1 4.0 -21.6
VALESUL 3.3 - -
BRAZIL TOTAL 135.4 128.6 -5.0
(Reporting by Peter Murphy; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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