Japanese secondary aluminium and aluminium alloy production was 70,732 tonnes and the shipment was 70,987 tonnes in September, according to Japan Aluminium Alloy Refiners Association. The production increased by 3% from a year earlier and represented first year-on-year increase since February 2011. The shipment increased by 3.1% from a year earlier and represented year-on-year increase for two months in a row.
The shipment for die casting represented year-on-year increase for two months in a row through September along car makers’ output expansion. The shipment for casting turned to year-on-year increase after seven months. The shipment for RSI (re-melted aluminium can scrap ingot) and the shipment for deoxidizing agent in steel making kept year-on-year increase for two months. The shipment for extrusion also turned to year-on-year increase for the first time in fifteen months along car makers’ output expansion.
