SHANGHAI, Apr 2 (SMM) – After renegotiating with carbon firms, Shandong Weiqiao Group, one of the top aluminium producers in China, on Tuesday April 2 revised its April benchmark purchasing price for prebaked anode, settling at 3,030 yuan/mt in cash.
This is down 150 yuan/mt from March. The previous reported April benchmark price stood at 2,990 yuan/mt in cash.

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