SHANGHAI, Aug 5 (SMM) - SMM data showed that China's social inventories of aluminium across eight consumption areas fell 26,000 mt on the week to 732,000 mt as of August 5.
The decrease was mainly due to the low arrivals in Gongyi and Hainan. The arrivals in Henan was also affected by the inefficient truck transportation in the pandemic.





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