news from the national bureau of statistics on september 19: the output of ten non-ferrous metals in august was 6.293 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.1%. the output of ten non-ferrous metals from january to august was 48.56 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%.
among them: primary aluminum (electrolytic aluminum) production in august was 3.602 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%. the output from january to august was 27.23 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 2.9%.
refined copper (electrolytic copper) in august was 1.117 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 16.4%. the output from january to august was 8.408 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 13.3%.
in august, lead was 619,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.5%. from january to august, the output was 5.069 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 13.7%.
zinc in august was 545,000 tons, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%. the output from january to august was 4.538 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.1%.
copper production in august was 1.866 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.5%. the output from january to august was 14.475 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.1%.
aluminum production in august was 5.483 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.6%. the output from january to august was 40.892 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.3%.
alumina production in august was 7.080 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.8%. the output from january to august was 54.537 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 0.6%.
