SHANGHAI, Jul 25 (SMM) – Social inventories of primary aluminium in China unexpectedly fell this week, despite a low consumption season grinding on.
SMM data showed that stocks across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, decreased by 7,000 mt from a week ago to stand at 1.035 million mt as of Thursday July 25.
Wuxi, Jiangsu – 314,000 mt
Shanghai – 200,000 mt
Nanhai, Guangdong – 262,000 mt
Gongyi, Henan – 103,000 mt
Hangzhou, Zhejiang – 65,000 mt
Tianjin – 51,000 mt
Linyi, Shandong – 17,000 mt
Chongqing –23,000 mt
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