SHANGHAI, Jun 18 (SMM) – The decline in primary aluminium ingot inventories in China decelerated this week, showed the latest SMM data.
Social inventories of primary aluminium ingots across eight consumption areas in China, including SHFE warrants, decreased 33,000 mt in the week ended June 18 to 754,000 mt, much smaller than a decline of 60,000 mt in the previous week.


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