In the first two months of Tajikistan, primary aluminum output fell 2.1% year-on-year

China Daily reported on March 14 that an industry source said on Friday that crude aluminum production in Tajikistan, Asia’s largest primary aluminium producer, fell 2.1% year-on-year to 56,513 tons.

Tajikistan Aluminum Corporation (TALCO) plans to produce 377,600 tons of primary aluminum this year. Last year, primary aluminum production totaled 348,850 tons, a 2.9% drop from 2009.

The senior industry executive, who asked not to be named, said that "in the first quarter of this year, aluminum production will decline by 2%-3%, but the second quarter and third quarter reduction will be compensated."

At present, exports of aluminum from Tajikistan account for 60% of all exports.