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WBMS: Global aluminum market in short supply of 298,000 tons in Jan-Oct

18 Dec 2019 14:11 reported by Joy Liu

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According to the monthly report released by the World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS), the global aluminum market was in a short supply of 298,000 tons from January to October, compared to 667,000 tons in whole year 2018.

During the same period, global primary aluminum demand had a year-on-year decrease of 1.5% or 750,000 tons, and the production of primary aluminum fell by 0.6% or around 320,000 tons year on year.