March 15 (Reuters) - Industrial metals were subdued on Tuesday, as concerns over the fallout from surging COVID-19 cases in top metals' consumer China overshadowed its upbeat economic data.

China's economy perked up in the first two months of 2022, with key indicators exceeding analysts' expectations, however, a surge in Omicron cases, property weakness and heightened global uncertainties weighed on the outlook.

"China's factory output has come as a positive surprise for the metal market," said Kunal Sawhney, chief executive officer at research firm Kalkine.

"Finer details would need to be analysed before jumping to any conclusion as the Chinese property market is still facing a liquidity crunch while there have been fresh outbreaks of coronavirus in different megacities," he added.

Investors are also focused on talks of a ceasefire in Ukraine that is likely to resume on Tuesday, after no progress was announced on Monday.

Several shippers have stopped handling Russian materials due to mounting sanctions on Moscow for invading Ukraine, fuelling supply worries.

Three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange eased 0.3% to $3,310 a tonne by 0714 GMT, after having fallen 4.7% on Monday.

The most-traded April aluminium contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange ended down 1.4% at 21,590 yuan ($3,383.54) a tonne.

Russia produces about 6% of the world's aluminium, 7% of global nickel and accounts for about 3.5% of copper supplies.

The LME will resume trading of nickel contracts at 8 a.m. London time on Wednesday March 16, after trading was halted a week back following unprecedented surge in prices.

FUNDAMENTALS

* LME copper fell 0.5% to $9,885 a tonne, lead rose 0.2% to $2,272, zinc eased 0.1% to $3,805 and tin dipped 0.8% to $42,250.

* ShFE copper fell 0.9% to 71,360 yuan a tonne, zinc slipped 0.6% to 25,270 yuan, lead dropped 1.1% to 15,085 yuan and tin shed 3.9% to 322,840 yuan, while nickel climbed 4.1% to 205,300 yuan.

* China's daily aluminium output in January and February rose to its highest since mid-2021 despite pollution curbs in the heating season and during the Winter Olympics, as smelter hubs located away from the capital Beijing maintained operations.

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($1 = 6.3782 Chinese yuan renminbi) ($1 = 6.3809 Chinese yuan renminbi) (Reporting by Eileen Soreng in Bengaluru; editing by Uttaresh.V and Vinay Dwivedi)