1. LME Cash price falls to a new five-month low, testing HARBOR’s forecasted $2,200 per mton zone, levels below are seen ahead but not sustainable for now.
2. ALERT! – LME PRICE. ARB REOPENS: Plunging LME prices reopen arbitrage to export P1020 to China, LME supportive.
3. China’s aluminum prices hold near two-month lows.
4. ALERT! – EUROPEAN P1020. INCHING UP: European P1020 duty-paid premiums up to four-month highs, bearish clouds intensify.
5. ALERT! – US COMMON ALLOY DUTIES. ANTI-CIRCUMVENTION PETITION: US industry requests circumvention investigation on certain common alloy sheet imports from South Korea.
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6. ALERT! – EUROPE ROLLING MILL. PRICES DECLINE: Coil conversion prices continue to fall.
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7. LME Cash–3M contango narrows slightly, still close to the widest since 2008 and supportive for cash-and-carry deals.