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Aluminium Futures

LME aluminium price loses momentum, drops below USD 3,500/t despite shrinking inventories
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After remaining above USD 3,500 per tonne at the June 12 session, the LME aluminium price dropped across all the pricing segments, barring the live warrants and alumina price, on the June 15 session. The LME aluminium cash bid as well as offer price eased 3.3 per cent day-on-day on June 15. While the bid went down from USD 3,535 per tonne to USD 3418.5 per tonne, the offer shifted from USD 3,536 per tonne to USD 3419.5 per tonne. Explore: The most comprehensive and forward-looking industry- ...
If India's aluminium volume is booked for the next 5 years, will planned expansions change the scenario?
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India's aluminium producers are building smelters, expanding refineries, opening mines and writing investment cheques worth more than INR 640 billion. Yet despite all that activity, the industry faces a rather uncomfortable question: what happens when demand grows faster than capacity can be built? The timing of that question is hard to ignore as domestic aluminium demand is projected to climb from 4.5 million tonnes to 8.3 million tonnes by 2030, while the country is already importing close ...

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Futures: The most-traded SHFE aluminium 2607 contract closed at RMB 24,115 per tonne, down 0.76 per cent. Price was running below MA5 (24,415.00), MA10 (24,404.50), MA30 (24,549.33), and MA60 (24,658.42), with short- and medium-term moving averages in a bearish alignment and gradually pressing downward. The overall structure is clearly in the doldrums, with the moving averages above constituting significant resistance. The MACD indicator's DIF (-99.0911) was below DEA (-78.9935), MACD histogr ...
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Rising interest rate cut expectations boost market sentiment; Aluminium prices continue range-bound pattern with overseas market outperforming domestic market
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29 May 2026
Futures: SHFE aluminium's most-traded contract opened at RMB 24,350 per tonne during the night session on May 28, with the highest price at RMB 24,390 per tonne, the lowest price at RMB 24,305 per tonne, and closed at RMB 24,385 per tonne, up 0.41 per cent from the previous close. Prices at night session stopped falling and rebounded, standing back above the MA5 (24,370.70) moving average, but still running below the MA10 (24,411.11), MA20 (24,465.59), MA40 (24,553.29), and MA60 (24,597.24). M ...
Aluminium prices advance as industrial metal demand holds firm
Primary AL
27 May 2026
Aluminium prices rose higher this Monday, owing to the stronger overseas markets and improved confidence among traders in industrial metals all over again. The broader mood across commodity markets remained positive, helped by expectations of stable demand and easing global uncertainties. At MCX, the actively traded May aluminium contract climbed by roughly USD 0.01 (INR 1.15) to about USD 4.65 (INR 387.10) per kilogram, marking a gain of 0.3 per cent. Trading activity stayed healthy, with tu ...
LME aluminium price cools but stays above $3,700/t; stocks stay intact after two months
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25 May 2026
The London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium prices eased on the May 22 session after shooting up on the May 21 session. The cash price, however, remained above USD 3,700 per tonne. Longer dated contracts continued to rise, and stocks did not record further decline. The LME aluminium cash bid eased 0.34 per cent day-on-day on May 22, down from USD 3,718 per tonne to USD 3,705.5 per tonne. The offer shifted from  USD 3,720 per tonne to USD 3,706, representing a difference of 0.38 per cent. Expl ...
LME aluminium price hits $3,720/t; supply shortage deepens as stocks fall to 339,475t
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22 May 2026
The May 21 session on the London Metal Exchange (LME) aluminium prices witnessed a drastic recovery in the aluminium market trend from the declining graph in the May 20 session. Figures improved across cash, benchmark and contracts, while the declining stocks and warrants indicated a worldwide aluminium supply shortage.  Explore- Most comprehensive and forward-looking industry-focused report — Global Bauxite & Alumina Market Forecast to 2036: Supply–Demand, Trade Flows & Price Outlook The ...
Geopolitical risks in the Middle East cool down, aluminium prices under pressure in the short term
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19 May 2026
Futures: SHFE aluminium closed at RMB 24,320 per tonne, up 0.48 per cent, with an intraday high of 24,395 and a low of 24,250. The price barely held above MA30 (24,320) but remained suppressed by MA5 (24,506), MA10 (24,517), and MA60 (24,594), with the short-term moving average bearish alignment unchanged. MACD indicator DIF = -84.97, DEA = -33.26, with negative histogram bars expanding to -103.43 after the death cross, indicating continuously strengthening bearish momentum. Trading volume shr ...
SHFE nickel, aluminium futures drop, copper edges up on week
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18 May 2026
By the close of Friday's daytime trading session, the most-traded June nickel contract had fallen by 2.1 per cent on the week to RMB 143,330 per tonne (USD 21,072 per tonne). In comparison, aluminium and copper futures contracts, both for June delivery, posted more modest changes. The most-traded aluminium contract slipped by 0.3 per cent from a week earlier to RMB 24,360 per tonne, while the most-traded copper contract rose slightly by 0.2 per cent on the week to RMB 104,710 per tonne.  Exp ...
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