Auto, consumer industries drive Asian al demand

摘要

Due to several factors such as continued strong demand from auto and consumer industries,aluminium production in the Asian region rose to 3,05,000 tonne in October 2006, on a y-o-y basis, according to the London-based International Aluminium Institute Production in the region amounted to 2,83,000 tonne a year ago. Data for the Asian region comprises India, Indonesia and Japan. Meanwhile, global aluminium production was more or less steady on a y-o-y basis at 2.03 million tonne in October 2006, owing to a fall in output in North America. Moreover the key input for producing aluminium, namely alumina has come down substantially.