SHANGHAI, Feb 23 (SMM) – Social inventories of primary aluminium across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, expanded 121,000 mt from last Thursday February 18 to 1.02 million mt mt as of February 22, and stocks in Wuxi, Nanhai and Gongyi mainly contributed to the increase.


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