BRASILIA: Brazil’s primary aluminium exports fell in October, reflecting the lack of shipments to Europe, the country’s foreign trade ministry, MDIC, said.
A total of 17,252 tonnes of unwrought metal was exported last month, down by 24.9% from October 2014 and by 45.6% from September 2015. According to the ministry, the metal was shipped from Barcarena’s Vila do Conde port, where Albras operates. The company is 51% owned by Norway-based Norsk Hydro and 49% by the Japanese consortium Nippon Amazon Aluminium Corp (NAAC). All primary metal exported in October went to Japan, in line with the average volume shipped there in previous months of 2015, the ministry said. Under a…
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