Rio Tinto’s 4th-qtr. aluminum output falls 6% year on year

Jan 15, 2013 | 01:01 PM | Shivani Singh

Tags  Rio Tinto, aluminum, bauxite, alumina, Alma, Metal Bulletin, Shivani Singh

SINGAPORE — Rio Tinto Plc’s fourth-quarter aluminum output fell 6 percent year on year to 906,000 tonnes due to a lockout at its Alma smelter in Canada.

Year-over-year output was 55,000 tonnes lower in the fourth quarter of 2012 but up 51,000 tonnes from the previous quarter.....





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