Primary aluminium inventories increased 17,000 mt over the weekend

SHANGHAI, Mar 23 (SMM) – Social inventories of primary aluminium ingots across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, increased 17,000 mt from last Thursday March 19 to 1.664 million mt as of Monday March 23, according to SMM data.

Stocks in Henan’s Gongyi dipped over the weekend, while those in Tianjin and Shandong’s Linyi were barely changed. Stocks in other regions gained.

Details:

Wuxi, Jiangsu – 650,000 mt

Shanghai – 158,000 mt

Nanhai, Guangdong – 432,000 mt

Gongyi, Henan – 202,000 mt

Hangzhou, Zhejiang – 132,000 mt

Tianjin – 57,000 mt

Linyi, Shandong – 12,000 mt

Chongqing –21,000 mt