Russian-origin metal made up almost all available aluminium stocks in London Metal Exchange (LME) warehouses at the end of October (99.98 per cent), with Indian-origin aluminium accounting for the remaining 50 tonnes, according to exchange data. Total available, or on-warrant, aluminium inventories declined 4 per cent month on month to 216,950 tonnes, their lowest level since March 2025. Russian-origin stocks fell by 9,725 tonnes to 216,900 tonnes during October, but their share of available inventories remained almost unchanged. Explore the production, demand and consumption forecasts of bauxite and alumina in our report: " Global Bauxite & Alumina Market Forecast to 2036: Supply–Demand, Trade Flows & Price Outlook " Although Russian aluminium produced before April 13, 2024, remains...
LME aluminium prices strengthened across cash, three-month and December 27 contracts on November 11, 2026, as declining exchange inventories and constraints on immediate metal availability continued to support the market. The cash offer price rose 2.76 per cent to USD 3,223.5 per tonne , compared with USD 3,137 per tonne on November 10. The cash bid price also increased by 2.81 per cent, reaching USD 3,223 per tonne from USD 3,135 per tonne in the previous session. The LME aluminium three-month bid price advanced 1.22 per cent to USD 3,062 per tonne from USD 3,025 per tonne, while the corresponding offer price climbed 1.22 per cent to USD 3,064 per tonne from USD 3,027 per tonne. Similarly, the December 27 bid price rose 0.96 per cent to USD 2,930 per tonne, compared with USD 2,902 per...
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...The market surplus for Aluminium declined by a sharp 70% in 2010 to 558 kt in 2010 as against 1840 kt in 2009. The latest report from World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS) showed that the surplus in 2008 was 2290 kt...
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