SHANGHAI, Aug 1 (SMM) – Social inventories of primary aluminium in China rose this week, marking the second weekly increase in the past four weeks.
SMM data showed that stocks across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, increased by 5,000 mt from a week ago to stand at 1.04 million mt as of Thursday August 1.
Wuxi, Jiangsu – 305,000 mt
Shanghai – 199,000 mt
Nanhai, Guangdong – 274,000 mt
Gongyi, Henan – 107,000 mt
Hangzhou, Zhejiang – 62,000 mt
Tianjin – 53,000 mt
Linyi, Shandong – 16,000 mt
Chongqing –24,000 mt

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