Aluminum Billet Gains More Favor than Ingot on Environmental Factor, SMM Reports

Published: Sep 27, 2017 17:02

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Environmental factor has turned aluminum extrusion producers in Guangdong away from aluminum ingot to billet, driving up processing fees for billet.

SHANGHAI, Sept. 27 (SMM) – Environmental factor has turned aluminum extrusion producers in Guangdong away from aluminum ingot to billet, driving up processing fees for billet.

A large number of aluminum extrusion producers in Guangdong have shut down melting & casting facilities due to environmental checks. This has forced extrusion producers to abandon aluminum ingot in favor of billet.

Processing fees for aluminum billet were mainly between 270-400 yuan/tonne on Wednesday.

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