JBI Bulletin (February 2020)

Bauxite Production marginally improved month-over-month in
February with Windalco showing signs of recovery relative to its
performance last year. However, output was down year-over-year
mainly due to Alpart going offline to facilitate an upgrade.
In February, total bauxite production amounted to 568kt, down
30% relative to last year. Crude bauxite output, while improving by 20kt month-over-month,
had a shortfall of 114kt (36%) when compared with February 2019.
Third-party sales in Asia was below expectation in 2019 and could
emerge in like manner in 2020 given the advent of Covid-19 in China
and its devastating effect on global economic activity. Total crude
bauxite amounted to 199kt in February. Read More