production rose 10% in the third quarter
According to foreign news on October 18, Alcoa's quarterly report on Wednesday showed that its losses narrowed in the third quarter, but the decline in raw material prices and production costs was not enough to offset the impact of the actual sales of alumina and aluminum products to achieve lower prices. The company said third-quarter alumina production rose 10% to 2.8 million tons, mainly due to higher output at its Alumar alumina refinery in Brazil. In the third quarter, its primary aluminum production increased 2 percent to 532,000 tons. The company said its fiscal 2023 alumina and primary aluminum shipment targets remain at 12.7-12.9 million tons and 2.5-2.6 million tons, respectively.
's bauxite exports in May 2023 increased by 14.90% month-on-month
In May 2023, the top three export destinations for Australian bauxite were China, South Korea and Taiwan. Australia exported 3,069,083.00 mt of bauxite to China, compared to 3,039,972.00 MT in the same period last year and 2,714,288.00 MT last month, up 0.96% on-year and 13.07% month-on-month. The average export price was US $29.96 / metric ton, compared with US $23.01 / metric ton in the same period last year and US $30.63 / metric ton last month, up 30.43% year-on-year and down 1.96% month-on-month. Australia exported 61.00 mt of bauxite to Taiwan, China. The average export price was US $754.10 / mt.
Canada's alumina imports in February 2023 rose 97.04% year on year
In February 2023, imports were 374,597.60 metric tons, 190,115.37 metric tons in the same period last year, and 415,141.70 metric tons last month, up 97.04% year-on-year and down 9.77% month-over-month. Canadian alumina imports in February 2023 amounted to US $131,594,000.00, compared with US $77,319,000.00 in the same period last year and US $146,905,000.00 last month, up 70.20% year-on-year and down 10.42% month-on-month. The average import price was $351.29 / MT, compared with $406.70 / mt a year ago and $353.87 / mt last month. In January-February 2023, Canada imported 789,739.30 metric tons of alumina, up 49.75% from 527,387.52 metric tons in the same period last year.
