SHANGHAI, Jul 1 (SMM) - SMM data showed that China’s social inventories of aluminium across eight consumption areas increased 2,000 mt on the week to 876,000 mt as of July 1. The stocks kept falling in Wuxi and Hainan, while the inventories in the regions of South China Sea rose from the previous week due to the higher arrivals and lower outbound volume.





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