Economy

China's aluminum output may hit 16m tons in 2010

(Agencies)
Updated: 2010-10-26 15:26

China's aluminum output may be 16 million metric tons this year, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing Zhang Fengkui, an official at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

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Annual demand will grow to about 18 million tons in 2011-2015, Zhang said.

Output of aluminum in 2009 was 13 million tons, according to the statistics bureau.