The price fall corresponds with a rise in the aluminum stockpile kept by the London Metal Exchange (LME) which was sitting close to a five-year high of 519, 000 tons in mid-February, but which has since slipped marginally to 517, 000 tons, indicating the that Chinese stockpile buying might have started when LME warehouses levels were approaching a peak.

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