1. LME prices fell as some profit-taking emerged amid disappointing Chinese manufacturing activity data and higher LME live inventories.
LME Cash aluminum prices fell today by 0.8% or $22 per mton, closing at $…
2. China’s aluminum prices up ahead of a week-long market holiday.
SHFE front-month aluminum prices closed the session up 0.6% at 20,445 yuan per mton…
3. LME Cash–3M contango flattens toward zero as the Oct-Nov backwardation intensifies to new highs (bearish for P1020 premiums).
The Cash-3M contango narrowed sharply to the tightest in five months at $2.78 per mton…
4. ALERT! – US BILLET. DETERIORATION: US extruders dealing with weakening demand.
Extrusion demand weakness is extending across the board, negatively impacting the…
5. SPECIAL ALERT! – US UBC. STALLED: UBC 2025 annual contract talks sputter.
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6. GREEN ALUMINUM MONITOR. SERIOUS ABOUT RECYCLING: OEM goes after 100% recycled aluminum castings.
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