JBI Bulletin (December 2019)

Total bauxite production grew in the reporting period for the
second consecutive month after the shuttering of Alpart in September.
Nevertheless, production fell from levels recorded last December, down
8% to 724kt. Crude bauxite output in December was at its highest since February
2019, increasing 44% year-over-year to 312kt. Despite the significant
growth, as it relates to 2019 as a whole, output fell by 8.5% to 3.1 million
tonnes relative to the previous year. The inconsistency of third party
sales was the contributing factor for the downturn in annual volumes. Read More