NA primary aluminum production in January up by 7 pct YoY

Reuters reported that the annual rate of primary US aluminum production rose 7.0% to 1,784,850 tonnes in January from 1,668,262 tonnes in January 2010 and was up 1.3% from December's annual rate of 1,761,667 tonnes.

The Aluminum Association said that actual production for January came to 151,590 tonnes up from 141,688 tonnes in January 2010 and was higher than the 149,621 tonnes produced in December.

（Sourced from Reuters）