June 2010 World Aluminum Inventories Down
2010-07-27
World aluminum inventories in June fell 5.8%, or 139,000 metric tons, to 2.255 million metric tons, from 2.394 million tons in May, according to figures recently released by the International Aluminum Institute.
June's figure was also 2.1% below the June 2009 inventory figure of 2.305 million tons.
The IAI details inventories as follows, in thousands of tons:
June '10 May '10 June '09
Africa 80 141* 70
North America 559 560* 529
Latin America 177 187* 203
Asia 358 381 333
Europe 990 1022* 1067
Oceania 91 103 103
Total 2.255 2.394* 2.305
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