SHANGHAI, Sep 5 (SMM) – Social inventories of primary aluminium in China fell this week for a second straight week, as most regions saw greater deliveries.
SMM data showed that stocks across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, decreased by 27,000 mt from a week ago to stand at 1.006 million mt as of Thursday September 5.
Wuxi, Jiangsu – 303,000 mt
Shanghai – 191,000 mt
Nanhai, Guangdong – 286,000 mt
Gongyi, Henan – 98,000 mt
Hangzhou, Zhejiang – 50,000 mt
Tianjin – 52,000 mt
Linyi, Shandong – 11,000 mt
Chongqing –15,000 mt
Correction: An earlier version of this report misstated the inventory figure and change.

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