South Africa Manganese continued its strong performance, increasing saleable production by 7% to a record 628,000 wet tons in the September 2023 quarter. FY24 production guidance remains unchanged... with planned maintenance scheduled for the December 2023 and March 2024 quarters." On alumina output:"Worsley Alumina saleable production decreased by 4% to 972,000 tons in the September 2023 quarter as we completed planned calciner maintenance. We expect to commence export sales and drawdown our inventory position to normalized levels during the December 2023 quarter. FY24 production guidance remains unchanged... with improved plant throughput and nickel grades expected across the remainder of the year."

Source: Wall Street Journal October 22, 2023 23:00 UTC