Soaring Post-Holiday Aluminum Stocks to Weigh on Prices in China

Feb 17, 2015 10:42

Source:SMM

Aluminum stocks in China will balloon after the Chinese New Year holiday, as goods continued to arrive while consumption stagnated during the holiday, which will weigh on prices.

SHANGHAI, Feb. 17 (SMM) – Aluminum stocks in China will balloon after the Chinese New Year holiday, as goods continued to arrive while consumption stagnated during the holiday,which will weigh on prices, Shanghai Metals market predicts.

New capacity keeping coming on stream, incentivized by a 1,000 yuan ()/tonne fall in production cost. Processors will not return to production immediately after the holiday, with demand unlikely to recover until late March or early April.

Aluminum stocks across China’s five major markets (Shanghai, Wuxi, Hangzhou, Nanhai and Gongyi) totaled 685,000 tonnes on February 12, up 123,000 tonnes from a month ago, SMM statistics showed.

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Soaring Post-Holiday Aluminum Stocks to Weigh on Prices in China

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