
Thailand has opened a new anti-dumping exporter review covering Chinese aluminium extrusions, with a provisional 21.94 per cent cash deposit rate set for the applicant. Thailand's Department of Foreign Trade has initiated a new exporter review covering aluminium extrusions from China, adding...
Major aluminium producers have offered Japanese buyers premiums of USD 310-325 per tonne for primary aluminium shipments in the October-December quarter. The bar is 18-22 per cent lower than the USD 395 per tonne premium agreed for the current July-September quarter. The premium paid by Japanese...
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Aluminium premiums shot to record highs this week in the US Midewest, closing in on the 10 cent-per-lb level, as lengthy lead times out of North American warehouses continued to choke off supply flows. Spot prices paid over the London Metal Exchange (LME) climbed to an all-time peak at 9.5 to 9.75...

...Reuters reported that premiums for duty paid physical aluminum in Europe hit a record high this week due to material being locked up in financing deals in London Metal Exchange warehouses or being in Detroit where it is hard to access...

...Reuters reported that US Midwest spot aluminum premiums rose to 9 month high this week as incentive based financial deals drew more material into warehouses, particularly Detroit where the concentration of deliveries has surged since last year...

...Reuters reported that Premiums for physical aluminum in Europe stalled just below record highs this week with demand steady and Japan's nuclear crisis unnerving investors but material being tightly held was supporting levels...

...Reuters reported that US Midwest spot aluminum premiums rose to 9 month high this week as incentive based financial deals drew more material into warehouses, particularly Detroit where the concentration of deliveries has surged since last year...

...Premiums for physical aluminium in Europe stayed just below record highs this week as supplies were tightly held, but they failed to breach peaks as high oil prices hurt prospects for global growth and demand was subdued...

...Reuters reported that premiums for physical aluminum in Europe slipped this week from record highs as traders cited weak demand and worries that it could weaken further as unrest in Libya and rising oil prices threatened economic growth...

...Reuters reported that European premiums for physical metal have staged a mixed performance so far this year with traders expecting levels to increase longer term as the global economy recovers while aluminium premiums are at record highs...

...Reuters reported that Japanese buyers will seek a more than 10% YoY drop in term premiums for primary aluminum shipments in the Q2 citing uncertain domestic demand outlook but suppliers will likely resist huge cuts due to firm global demand...

...South Korea's Public Procurement Service, a state agency that stockpiles strategic commodities, said Thursday it had purchased 1,000 metric tons of non-western origin aluminum at a premium of $125.76 over the London Metal Exchange price...

... The U.S. Midwest aluminum premium over the London Metal Exchange (LME) cash price has steadied in the first few weeks of the year, even as domestic demand paused to catch its breath from 2010's strong finish...

...Some term premiums for primary aluminum shipments to Japan for January-March were agreed at $112-$113 per tonne, a trader said on Wednesday, marking the lowest level in six quarters and the fourth straight quarterly drop...

...It’s reported that the premiums for primary aluminum shipment to Japan may drop by as much as USD 10 to below USD 110 in next Q1 due to uncertainty in the Japan’s economy...

...Reuters reported that the US Midwest aluminum premium paid above the London Metal Exchange cash price remained at elevated levels in early November as an inability to gain access to warehouse material continued to stifle domestic spot business flows...

..Premiums for primary aluminium shipments to Japan in January-March will likely drop to their lowest in six quarters, as buyers remain wary of the economic outlook, with the yen's rise to a 15-year high hitting exporters...

...The Platts US aluminum Transaction premium inched back down to 6.35 cents/lb plus LME cash, delivered Midwest, on renewed buying interest after industry meetings concluded. This is down from a previous 6.5 cents...

...Reuters reported that term premiums for primary aluminium shipments to Japan for October to December were mostly set at USD 116 per tonne to USD 118 per tonne the lowest since the Q4 in 2009 and marking the third straight quarter of declines...

...Term premiums for primary aluminium shipments to Japan for October-December were mostly set at $116-$118 per tonne, the lowest since the fourth quarter in 2009 and marking the third straight quarter of declines...