SHANGHAI, Jan 2 (SMM) – Social inventories of primary aluminium across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, came in at 1.3 million mt as of Wednesday January 2, up 16,000 mt from Thursday December 27, SMM data showed.
This followed after a week-on-week increase of 6,000 mt on Thursday December 27.
Details:
Wuxi, Jiangsu – 523,000 mt
Shanghai – 316,000 mt
Nanhai, Guangdong – 147,000 mt
Gongyi, Henan – 109,000 mt
Hangzhou, Zhejiang – 106,000 mt
Tianjin – 55,000 mt
Linyi, Shandong – 24,000 mt
Chongqing – 22,000 mt

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