China's 10 types of nonferrous metal output exceeds 26 mln tons

The output of China's 10 types of nonferrous metals exceeded 26 million tons in 2009, up 3.99 percent year-on-year, reporters learned from the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association. Of them, refined copper output reached 4.11 million tons, primary aluminum 12.85 million tons, lead 3.71 million tons, zinc 4.36 million tons, nickel 164,800 tons, tin 134,500 tons, antimony 165,800 tons, magnesium 500,800 tons and sponge titanium 61,500 tons. China's nonferrous metal import and export value totaled 83.2 billion U.S. dollars in 2009, down 11.27 percent year-on-year.

The provinces and autonomous regions with more than a 1 million-ton output of the 10 types of nonferrous metals in 2009 are Henan, Shandong, Yunnan, Hunan, Inner Mongolia, Guansu, Anhui, Guangxi, Shanxi and Qinghai. The combined output of the 10 types of nonferrous metals in the 10 provinces and autonomous regions reached 18.78 million tons, 72.1 percent of the country's total.