The global aluminum foundry production rose from 8 million metric tons in the year 2000 to 19 million tons in 2017
- ➢China’s aluminum cast output equaled only 0.8 million tons in 2000
- ➢But in the year 2017 the Chinese aluminum foundries manufactured a new all-time record with 7.3 million tons of casting products: Within 17 years their aluminum foundry production increased by a factor of over nine
- ➢In the rest of the world the aluminum cast output rose from 7.2 million tons to over 12 million tons in 2017
- ➢While the global growth of the iron cast production mainly resulted from an increase of the Chinese production with a stable output level in the rest of the world, the aluminum cast production rose in all major regions of the world
- ➢Between 2000 and the year 2017 the production level stabilized in the USA, France and Russia. During the same period Japan and Italy realized a slight growth of around 20 per cent, while the German output grew by around 75 per cent
- ➢As a result of new plants for aluminum wheel rims the Turkish foundry production expanded tenfold, while the Indian output sextupled
