Shanghai aluminium hits 2-month low as coal prices drop

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MG News | October 27, 2021 at 09:34 AM GMT+05:00

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October 27, 2021: Aluminium prices fell on Wednesday, with the Shanghai contract hitting a two-month low, as the drop in coal prices eased traders’ concerns over supply shortage of the metal.

Aluminum smelting is an energy-intensive process and has been considered as one of the worst-hit sectors by China’s power crisis, pushing up prices of the metal as coal hiked.

But thermal coal hit its 10% lower trading limit on Wednesday after the Chinese state planner said it had asked major coal-producing provinces to probe and regulate illegal storage sites and to crack down on hoarding behavior.

The most-traded December aluminium contract on the Shanghai Futures Exchange fell as much as 3.3% to 20,420 yuan ($130,362.61) a tonne, the lowest since Aug. 26 and on track for a sixth straight session of decline.

Three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange shed as much as 1.7% to a seven-week low of $2,780 a tonne.

FUNDAMENTALS

LME copper fell 0.3% to $9,758 a tonne, zinc declined 0.7% to $3,401.50 a tonne, tin dropped 0.5% to $37,245 a tonne, while nickel rose 0.6% to $20,205 a tonne.

LME cash nickel was last at a $125-a-tonne premium over the three-month contract CMNI0-3, indicating tightness in nearby supply as readily available stocks in LME warehouses fell.

One party controls more than 90% of available LME zinc stocks and short-term futures, LME data showed.

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MARKETS NEWS

Tech shares slipped and short-term Treasury yields jumped as investors expect inflation to prompt interest rate hikes, with a hotter-than-forecast reading in Australia the latest sign of prices pressuring central bankers to act.

Reuters

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