China's domestic primary aluminum price averaged Yuan 12,657.50/mt ($1,895/mt) over August 21-30, down 0.2% from August 11-20, the National Bureau of Statistics said Monday.
NBS conducts a survey on domestic prices, covering nine categories of essential feedstocks, three times a month.
Aluminum falls under the category of nonferrous metals, which includes aluminum, lead and zinc ingot.
The average price of copper was Yuan 36,601.60/mt over August 21-30, down 1.7% from August 11-20; while lead was up 1% at Yuan 13,884.40/mt; and zinc was 2.1% higher at Yuan 17,789.90/mt.
The other eight categories are ferrous metals, petrochemicals, oil and natural gas, coal, non-metal construction materials, agricultural products, agricultural feedstocks and forestry products.
The data is gathered from 24 major provinces and cities: Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin, Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi, Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu and Xinjiang.
