SHANGHAI, Dec 2 (SMM) – Social inventories of primary aluminium in China extended their slide over the weekend as demand remained stable in most consumption areas.
Stocks across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, decreased by 35,000 mt from Thursday November 28 to 720,000 mt as of Monday December 2.
Wuxi, Jiangsu – 218,000 mt
Shanghai – 133,000 mt
Nanhai, Guangdong – 197,000 mt
Gongyi, Henan – 43,000 mt
Hangzhou, Zhejiang – 53,000 mt
Tianjin – 52,000 mt
Linyi, Shandong – 5,000 mt
Chongqing –19,000 mt

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