Anglo American nickel iron production in the second quarter of 2016, 11100 tons of metal, slipped slightly 0.89% month-on-month, up 76.19% from a year earlier. Nickel iron production in the first half of 2016 a total of 22300 tons of metal, year-on-year increase of 71.54%. Can be attributed to the fourth quarter of 2015 Barro Alto furnace reconstruction is completed, at present nearly full capacity, the asset in the second quarter of 2016, 8800 tons of metal production, in the first half of the total output of 17700 tons of metal, up 108.24% from a year earlier.
Another nickel iron Codemin assets, its production in the second quarter of 2016 almost flat with the same period of last year, to 2300 tons. In the first half of the total output of 4600 tons of metal, up 2.22% from a year earlier.
Because the Barro Alto productivity improvement, the proportion of the total nickel iron production in the company from 70% to 80%. Company expects full-year 2016 4.5 47000 tons of metal nickel iron production, no change, the 2015 annual output growth of about 52%, in the first half completed 48% of the annual production plan. In the second quarter of 2016 Platinum, refined nickel output of 6400 tons.
