Yunnan, with an annual operating capacity of 5.25 million tonnes of electrolytic aluminium, accounts for around 10% of China's total capacity. (Reporting by Ella Cao, Siyi Liu, Ethan Wang and Ryan Woo, editing by Mark Heinrich)
BEIJING, Feb 20 (Reuters) - China's southwestern
province of Yunnan has required electrolytic aluminium producers
to further reduce their power usage amid an ongoing power supply
crunch, state-owned Shanghai Securities News said on Monday.
Producers were now required to cut power usage to about
40-42% from the September level, according to the News.
The expanded power rationing, which amounts to about 1
million kilowatts, will cut annual production capacity by about
740,000 tonnes of electrolytic aluminium, the News cited the
industrial information provider Mysteel as saying.
The power curb in the southwestern province was imposed in
mid-September last year after low rainfall in the region reduced
the supply of hydropower, which normally accounts for 75% of
Yunnan's electricity.
Yunnan's electrolytic aluminium producers reduced output of
electrolytic aluminum by 1.1 million tonnes from September to
October last year, according to the News.
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