Rusal Cut Primary Aluminum Output in 2025, While Increasing Alumina and Bauxite Production

The following table shows the ferrous and nonferrous metals movement on the SHFE and DCE on 24 Mar , 2026

[SMM Daily Review of Aluminum Alloy] Futures: The aluminum alloy 2604 contract opened at 22,750 yuan/mt today. After a brief dip in early trading, it then fluctuated upward. It attempted to move higher multiple times during the session but failed to break the intraday high, gradually weakened in the afternoon, and accelerated its pullback late in the session. It finally closed at 22,585 yuan/mt, down 165 yuan/mt from the previous settlement price, a decline of 0.73%. Spot: The ADC12 market as a whole continued to hold prices steady today. Although aluminum prices showed signs of stabilizing today, market sentiment recovered only to a limited extent, and enterprises generally chose to delay price adjustments and remain on the sidelines. Demand side, downstream order improvement was not obvi