July China aluminium output at 1.088 mln T -IAI

LONDON, Aug 20 (Reuters) - China's primary aluminium production rose to 1.088 million tonnes in July from 1.029 million tonnes in June, provisional figures from the International Aluminium Institute (IAI) showed on Thursday. In July 2008 China's aluminium production was 1.168 million tonnes and last year total output was 13.105 million tonnes, the institute said. Figures are in thousands of tonnes. (Reporting by Michael Taylor; editing by Veronica Brown)