Primary aluminium stocks at the three main Japanese ports (MJP) of Osaka, Nagoya and Yokohama slipped 1% month on month in October, according to the latest data from major Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp.
The data, which was published on Wednesday November 14, also shows that total aluminium stocks at the three ports came to 317,300 tonnes at the end of last month. On a year-on-year basis, however, total MJP aluminium stocks climbed by 32% from October 2017's 239,700 tonnes.By the end of October, stocks at Nagoya had reached 146,800 tonnes,...