China 2011 aluminium output to hit 20 mln T -industry official
A worker passes 25-tonne aluminium ingots at Rusal Krasnoyarsk Aluminium Smelter Factory in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk September 11, 2007. United Company RUSAL, the world's largest producer of primary aluminium, hopes to list in London later this year. Picture taken September 11, 2007. REUTERS

China, the world's top aluminium producer, may produce 20 million tonnes of primary aluminium this year out of capacity of 25 million tonnes, an official from the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association said on Wednesday.

The figures would represent a rise of 24 percent from last year's production and a 14 percent increase in capacity.

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