SHANGHAI, Mar 19 (SMM) – Social inventories of primary aluminium ingots across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, increased 54,000 mt in the week ended March 19 to 1.647 million mt, about half of the build of 105,000 mt in the previous week, according to SMM data.
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