SHANGHAI, Aug 6 (SMM) – China's inventory of primary aluminium across eight major markets, including SHFE warrants, shrank 5,000 mt from Thursday August 2 to stand at 1.776 million mt as of August 6, SMM data showed.
Fewer arrivals from smelters in Xinjiang accounted for the drop. The decline came after an increase of 1,000 mt recorded on August 2, from Monday July 30.
Details are as follows:
Wuxi, Jiangsu – 752,000 mt
Shanghai – 413,000 mt
Nanhai, Guangdong – 237,000 mt
Gongyi, Henan – 158,000 mt
Hangzhou, Zhejiang – 112,000 mt
Tianjin – 55,000 mt
Linyi, Shandong – 27,000 mt
Chongqing – 27,000 mt
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