According to statistics released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of China, China's primary aluminum output reached about 3.65 million tons in September, falling by 2.5% compared to the previous month but growing by 2.3% from the same month a year ago.

The average daily output was 121,600 tons, which continued to increase compared with the prior month, and the annualized output reached around 44.39 million tons.