SHANGHAI, Jul 11 (SMM) – Social inventories of primary aluminium across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, rose 14,000 mt from a week ago to stand at 1.042 million mt as of Thursday July 11, showed SMM data.
This marked the first weekly increase in about four months.
Wuxi, Jiangsu – 331,000 mt
Shanghai – 203,000 mt
Nanhai, Guangdong – 243,000 mt
Gongyi, Henan – 112,000 mt
Hangzhou, Zhejiang – 65,000 mt
Tianjin – 54,000 mt
Linyi, Shandong – 12,000 mt
Chongqing –22,000 mt

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