April 25: SHFE Aluminum Breaks Through the 20,000 Mark, Processing Fees Under Pressure and Weakened, Volume Discounts in Transactions [Daily Review of Spot Aluminum Billets]

Published: Apr 25, 2025 12:11

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According to SMM statistics, in terms of domestic aluminum billet inventory in two regions, Guangdong's aluminum billet inventory was 90,800 mt, and Wuxi's aluminum billet inventory was 27,000 mt, totaling 117,800 mt, a decrease of 6,500 mt MoM. Today, aluminum prices broke through the 20,000 yuan mark, and processing fees were under pressure and weakened. Although there was some rigid demand for restocking before the holiday, downstream buyers mainly drove down prices and purchased as needed. Suppliers actively adjusted prices to promote transactions, and overall transactions were conducted with volume discounts. Notably, due to delayed arrivals, small billets in the Nanchang market were in short supply, and processing fees significantly increased against the trend. Today, the Foshan aluminum billet market quoted 260/310, down 30; the Wuxi market quoted 280/350, unchanged; and the Nanchang region quoted 270/450, down 10/up 120. (Unit: yuan/mt)

SMM April 25 News: On April 25, SMM A00 aluminum was quoted at 20,070 yuan/mt, up 90 yuan/mt from the previous trading day, on par with the May contract, and down 10 yuan/mt from the previous trading day. On April 25, SMM A00 aluminum (Foshan) was quoted at 20,020 yuan/mt, up 90 yuan/mt, at a discount of 50 yuan/mt to the current month, widening by 15 yuan/mt. (Unit: yuan/mt)

According to SMM statistics, in terms of domestic aluminum billet inventory in two regions, Guangdong aluminum billet inventory was 90,800 mt, Wuxi aluminum billet inventory was 27,000 mt, totaling 117,800 mt, a decrease of 6,500 mt MoM. Today, aluminum prices broke through the 20,000 yuan/mt mark, and processing fees were under pressure and weakened. Although there was some rigid demand for restocking before the holiday, downstream buyers mainly drove down prices and purchased as needed. Most suppliers actively adjusted prices to promote transactions, and overall transactions were conducted with volume discounts. Notably, small billets in the Nanchang market were in short supply due to delayed arrivals, leading to a significant increase in processing fees against the trend.

Today, the Foshan aluminum billet market was quoted at 260/310 yuan/mt, down 30 yuan/mt; the Wuxi market processing fee was quoted at 280/350 yuan/mt, unchanged; the Nanchang region processing fee was quoted at 270/450 yuan/mt, down 10/up 120 yuan/mt. (Unit: yuan/mt)

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