Aluminium leads oveall surge in base metal prices

21.12.2022

Aluminium rose on Tuesday, helped by a weakening dollar and a sharp fall in inventories available on the London Metal Exchange (LME), but rising COVID cases in China and expectations of surplus supply next year limited gains.

Benchmark aluminium on the LME was up 1.7% at $2,400.50 a tonne at 1144...