Door open for $… per mton before year end

1. LME price down… % to new eighteen-month lows, door open for $… per mton before year’s end.

2. China’s aluminum prices down slightly as range-trading conditions prevail.

3. EUROPEAN BILLET ALERT. CALM BEFORE ANOTHER STORM? European billet premiums unchanged for second-consecutive week; spot demand remains null.

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4. BRAZIL ALUMINUM ALERT. GAPS DOWN: Brazil’s P1020 premiums decline as market appetite remains weak.

5. LME Cash–3M contango widens to a fourteen-week high above $20 per mton, still unprofitable for cash-and-carry deals.