The State Of China's Aluminum Industry

The steady, sustained and rapid development of China's national economy and high-tech has promoted the rapid development of China's aluminum smelting and aluminum profile processing industry. China's aluminum alloy profile industry aluminum profile production in 2006 has reached 8.793 million tons, surpassing the United States as the world's first; 5%, a new record high, imported industrial aluminum 690,000 tons in 2007, up 0.6% YoY, export industrial aluminum profiles 1.853 million tons, up 49.5% YoY in 2006, The net export of aluminum alloy profiles was 1.163 million tons, and in 2007, china's industrial aluminum surface consumption was 1.1345 million tons. In The output of China's aluminum industry in January-June 2008, alumina production was 1.1129 million tons, an increase of 7.1% over the same period in 2007, and is expected to reach 23 million tons for the whole of 2008; This is an increase of 12.9 per cent over the same period in 2007 and is expected to reach 14.5 million tonnes in 2008, while aluminium processing materials are expected to reach 6.879 million tonnes, an increase of 38.3 per cent over the same period in 2007, and are expected to reach 14 million tonnes in 2008.