Aluminium prices fell -0.34% to ₹261.55, largely due to improved raw material availability. This helped ease supply shortages caused by disruptions in the previous year. China’s record production of 44 million tonnes in 2024 was curbed, with exports from China falling after tax incentives were removed, with more aluminium being sent to domestic markets and overseas benchmark prices rising. In February 2025, China’s aluminium production increased by 0.4% year-on-year,
The world’s primary aluminium production rose 2.7% year-on-year to 6.252 million tonnes in January, the International Aluminium Institute said. Meanwhile, production in January-February rose 2.6% year-on-year to 7.32 million tons, driven by higher smelter profits due to falling alumina prices. At the same time, China’s exports of unmelted aluminum and aluminum products increased 17% year-on-year to 5.5 million tons in the first ten months of 2024.
