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China Feb refined copper output at 320,000 T -stats office

Wed Mar 11, 2009 10:58pm EDT

BEIJING, March 12 (Reuters) - China's production of refined copper rose to 320,000 tonnes in February from December's 304,100 tonnes, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.

Production of primary aluminium in China, the world's top copper and aluminium consumer, fell to 894,000 tonnes in February versus 1.02 million tonnes in December.

The bureau did not release data for January alone.

China is also the world's top producer of aluminium, lead and zinc. (Reporting by Tom Miles)



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