China's domestic primary aluminum price averaged Yuan 14,126.8/mt ($2,049/mt) over April 21-30, up 0.9% from April 11-20, the National Bureau of Statistics said in a report Friday.
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. This category also includes prices of copper, lead, and zinc ingot.
The average price of copper was Yuan 46,019.9/mt over April 21-30, down 0.2% from the previous period, lead was down 2.4% at Yuan 16,070.4/mt, while zinc was 0.7% higher at Yuan 21,947.5/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.
