News
17 April 2018

Aluminium hits highest since 2011 amid supply concerns, weaker dollar

In:
Metals and Mining
Region:
Middle East & Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe

Aluminium prices rallied to their highest since 2011 on Monday as the dollar fell and Rio Tinto declared force majeure on some customer contracts after the United States imposed sanctions on its Russian partner Rusal. Benchmark aluminium on the London Metal Exchange closed 5% higher at $2,399 per...

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