Aluminium inventory continues dip with fewer deliveries

Published: Jun 4, 2018 13:20

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China's inventory of primary aluminium, including SHFE warrants, shrank 40,000 mt from last Thursday and stood at 1.99 million mt as of Monday June 4

SHANGHAI, Jun 4 (SMM) – China's inventory of primary aluminium, including SHFE warrants, shrank 40,000 mt from last Thursday and stood at 1.99 million mt as of Monday June 4 as fewer deliveries arrived at warehouses in north-west China over the weekend, according to SMM data.

Details are as follows:

Wuxi, Jiangsu – 818,000 mt

Shanghai – 441,000 mt

Nanhai, Guangdong – 301,000 mt

Gongyi, Henan – 194,000 mt

Hangzhou, Zhejiang – 121,000 mt

Tianjin – 61,000 mt

Linyi, Shandong – 29,000 mt

Chongqing – 27,000 mt

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