BHP’S Q1 alumina up 10% on year, Al down 9%

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BHP Billiton produced 1.05 million mt of aluminanin the January-March quarter, rising 10% fromnthe same period last year, boosted by higher outputnfrom the Alumar refinery in Brazil, the companynsaid Wednesday. Aluminum production fell 9%nfrom a year ago to 277,000 mt due to a majornunplanned outage at Hillside smelter in SouthnAfrica, which led to the temporary curtailment ofnpotline capacity