Africa’s primary aluminium production in Q4 2021 grows 2% YoY to 407,000 tonnes; Output in December hikes 6%

In December 2021, primary aluminium production in Africa stood at 139,000 tonnes, flaunting an increase of 8,000 tonnes or 6.11 per cent month-on-month. In November, Africa’s primary aluminium output came in at 131,000 tonnes, down by 6,000 tonnes from 137,000 tonnes in October 2021.

On a year-on-year calculation, Africa’s primary aluminium production in December was 4,000 tonnes or 2.96 per cent higher than 135,000 tonnes.

In the fourth quarter of 2021 (October-December), Africa produced 407,000 tonnes of primary aluminium in total, up by 4,000 tonnes or 1 per cent from 403,000 tonnes, and 7,000 tonnes or 1.75 per cent more than 400,000 tonnes during the same period last year.

In the entire year, Africa’s aluminium production amounted to 1.591 million tonnes, down by 0.87 per cent from 1.605 million tonnes in 2020.

The world primary aluminium production in December 2021 stood at 5.622 million tonnes, an increase of per cent from 5.426 million tonnes in November 2021 but a decline of 1.30 per cent from 5.696 million tonnes in December 2020.

In Q4 2021, world primary aluminium production came in at 16.737 million tonnes, down by 0.95 per cent Q-o-Q from 16.898 million tonnes and 0.50 per cent year-on-year from 16.821 million tonnes.