From January to August, the added value, product output and fixed asset investment of the non-ferrous metals industry maintained growth
September 20, 2025
According to the Information and Statistics Department of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association, the production of the nonferrous metals industry has maintained a reasonable growth overall, and the growth rate of fixed asset investment has been above double digits.
In August, the added value of the non-ferrous metal industry above designated size increased by 9.0% year-on-year in real terms (the growth rates of added value are all real growth rates after deducting price factors, the same below). From January to August, the added value of the non-ferrous metal industry above designated size increased by 7.8% year-on-year in real terms, with the growth rate 0.2 percentage points higher than that from January to July and 1.6 percentage points higher than that of the added value of the industrial industry above designated size.
By industry, in August, the industrial added value of the non-ferrous metal mining and selection industry increased by 8.5% year-on-year in real terms, while that of the non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry rose by 9.1%. From January to August, the non-ferrous metal mining and selection industry grew by 8.6%, with the growth rate narrowing by 0.1 percentage point compared to the period from January to July. The non-ferrous metal smelting and rolling processing industry increased by 7.7%, with the growth rate expanding by 0.3 percentage points compared to the period from January to July.
By product, in August, the output of ten non-ferrous metals was 6.978 million tons, up 3.8% year-on-year. Among them, primary aluminum (electrolytic aluminum) was 3.80 million tons, down 0.5%. From January to August, the output of ten kinds of non-ferrous metals was 54.317 million tons, increasing by 3.1% year-on-year. The growth rate expanded by 0.3 percentage points compared with that from January to July. Among them, primary aluminum (electrolytic aluminum) was 30.138 million tons, growing by 2.2%.
From January to August, the national industrial fixed asset investment increased by 7.7% year-on-year. Investment in the non-ferrous metals industry rose by 10.9%, 3.2 percentage points higher than the national industrial investment growth rate during the same period. Among them, investment in the non-ferrous metals mining and selection industry increased by 47.2%, and investment in the non-ferrous metals smelting and rolling processing industry rose by 2.2%.
