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China's strong demand pushes aluminum prices to increase

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Update time : 2020-10-22 16:20:52
Aluminum prices increased as Chinese demand moves up. Aluminum costs hit around 18-months highs. Three-month aluminum futures on the London Metallic Alternate, the worldwide benchmark on Friday reached the highest since April 2019.

Different base metals including tin and nickel also reached new highs yesterday. As China’s economic system recovered greatly from its coronavirus lockdown and the currency of the Yuan strengthen up, the metal and steel price went up.

China has turned to become a web importer of aluminum for the primary time in 11 years. The international automobile makers have grown up. European automobile gross sales increased in September for the first time this year, which also pushed the aluminum prices to go up.
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