SAO PAULO, March 18 (Reuters) - Brazil's primary aluminum output fell 2.8 percent in February to 117,200 tonnes from 120,600 tonnes produced in the same month of 2009, the Brazilian Aluminum Association said on Thursday.
February production was down 4 percent from January 2010.
Brazil is the world's sixth biggest aluminum producer.
Following is a table of comparative data for primary aluminum production by company for February.
Volumes are in thousands of tonnes and variations are expressed as percentages.
MONTHLY OUTPUT:
2009 2010 Variation
FEBRUARY FEBRUARY FEB/FEB
ALBRAS 35.0 33.7 -3.7
ALCOA 25.1 26.2 +4.4
- Pocos de Caldas 5.0 6.0 +20.0
- Sao Luis 20.1 20.2 +0.5
BHP BILLITON 13.4 13.5 +0.7
CBA 36.0 36.5 +1.4
NOVELIS 8.1 7.3 -9.9
- Ouro Preto 3.7 3.7 0.0
- Aratu 4.4 3.6 -18.2
VALESUL 3.0 - -
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BRAZIL TOTAL 120.6 117.2 -2.8
(Reporting by Reese Ewing)
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