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US primary aluminum production rises in June YoY

Reuters reported that the annual rate of primary US aluminum production increased by 7.3% to 1,719,625 tonnes in June from 1,603,153 tonnes in June 2009 but declined 1.0% from May's annual rate of 1,736,611 tonnes.

The Aluminum Association said in its latest report that during the H1 of 2010, the annual production rate was down 7.6% at 1,713,050 tonnes from an annual production rate of 1,854,341 tonnes for the comparable 2009 period.

(Sourced from Reuters)