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Domestic and Ex-China aluminium prices consolidate at lows and recover; Destocking tailwinds offset Ex-China capacity headwinds
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Futures: The most-traded SHFE aluminium contract opened at RMB 22,850 per tonne in the night session on July 6, reached a highest price of RMB 22,950 per tonne, a lowest price of RMB 22,790 per tonne, and finally closed at RMB 22,900 per tonne, up 0.07 per cent from the previous close. During this period, the price rebounded from the recent low of 22,250, repairing with a small bullish candlestick, and stood above MA5 (22,823.05), but still traded below all the medium and long-term moving ave ...
Potline turnaround: The shutdown is the easy part
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The installed base of potlines is ageing, and the market is tight. LME aluminium touched a four-year high above USD 3,300 per tonne in early 2026, idle Western capacity is being studied for restart, and every controlled shutdown on the map is running under cost and schedule pressure. So teams plan these turnarounds around the outage: how many days the line is dark, how fast the relining crews move, when the last pot comes back on power. That is the wrong thing to optimise. The shutdown is th ...

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The most-traded SHFE aluminium contract opened at RMB 22,685 per tonne in the night session on July 3, with a high of RMB 22,830 per tonne, a low of RMB 22,685 per tonne, and closed at RMB 22,795 per tonne, down 0.20 per cent from the previous settlement. This session saw a rebound from lows, closing with a small bullish candlestick. The price climbed above the MA5 but remained below all medium and long-term moving averages: MA10 (22,699.69), MA20 (22,942.18), MA40 (23,368.01), and MA60 (23,6 ...
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