SHANGHAI, Jul 15 (SMM) – Social inventories of primary aluminium across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, extended their increase over the weekend, gaining 1,000 mt from Thursday July 11 to stand at 1.043 million mt as of Monday July 15, SMM data showed.
Stocks expanded 14,000 mt in the week ended July 11, marking the first weekly increase in about four months.
Wuxi, Jiangsu – 328,000 mt
Shanghai – 201,000 mt
Nanhai, Guangdong – 246,000 mt
Gongyi, Henan – 110,000 mt
Hangzhou, Zhejiang – 68,000 mt
Tianjin – 54,000 mt
Linyi, Shandong – 14,000 mt
Chongqing –22,000 mt

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