China Aluminum Stocks Grow Sharply, SMM Says

Published: Jul 7, 2017 11:57

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Aluminum ingot stocks in China’s five major markets grew as much as 20,000 tonnes as of July 6 compared with a week ago, SMM statistics showed.

SHANGHAI, Jul. 7 (SMM) – Aluminum ingot stocks in China’s five major markets grew as much as 20,000 tonnes as of July 6 compared with a week ago, SMM statistics showed.

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Total stocks in these five regions were 1.22 million tonnes, including 264,000 tonnes in Shanghai, 490,000 tonnes in Wuxi, 89,000 tonnes in Hangzhou, 79,000 tonnes in Gongyi and 296,000 tonnes in Nanhai.

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