Brazil’s aluminum output down by 9.2pct in November

Brazilian smelters produced 123,700 metric tonnes of primary aluminum in November, down 9.2 per cent from a year earlier, an industry group said. Output for 2009 will fall 7.2 per cent to 1.54 million tonnes, the Sao Paulo-based Brazilian aluminum association, known as Abal, said in an e-mail today.