Social inventories of primary aluminium decline at slower rate

Published: Apr 11, 2019 14:04

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Stocks fell 5,000 mt from a week ago to stand at 1.636 million mt as of Apr 11

SHANGHAI, Apr 11 (SMM) – Social inventories of primary aluminium across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, came in at 1.636 million mt as of Thursday April 11, down some 5,000 mt from Thursday April 4, SMM data showed.

Primary aluminium inventories fell by about 37,000 mt in the week ended April 4.

Details:

Wuxi, Jiangsu – 586,000 mt

Shanghai – 290,000 mt

Nanhai, Guangdong – 374,000 mt

Gongyi, Henan – 145,000 mt

Hangzhou, Zhejiang – 123,000 mt

Tianjin – 58,000 mt

Linyi, Shandong – 27,000 mt

Chongqing –33,000 mt

Inventory data Aluminium

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