LME price top formation seems to be in the making; European P1020 premiums at four-month lows, billet premiums rally still on

1. LME PRICE ALERT. LME price enters HARBOR’s $... per mton target zone.

2. China’s aluminum prices up as key technical support holds.

3. HARBOR FIRST ALERT. US ROD PRODUCTION TO GROW: New Madrid Rod Mill to ramp up production starting January 2022 and reduce import dependency.

4. EUROPEAN P1020 ALERT. AT FOUR-MONTH LOW S: European P1020 premiums down further.

5. EUROPEAN BILLET UPDATE. TOUGH NUT TO CRACK: Spot billet premium rally still kicking.

6. EUROPE SECONDARY ALERT. SUPPLY THREAT EMERGES: Befesa's... kmtpy salt slag treatment facility in Hannover suffers fire.

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7. US ROLLING MILL ALERT. ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT IN DIFFERENT FORMS: Magnesium surcharges in US sheet and plate contracts have become common but application varies.

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8. US EXTRUSION ALERT. MORE HARDENER SURCHARGES: One major US extruder to impose hardener surcharges.

9. US UBC ALERT. US UBC discounts narrow to a... month low.

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10. MEXICO SECONDARY ALERT. CHALLENGING MATING SEASON: Negotiations for 2022 contracts start with big gap between bids and offers.

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11. GREEN ALUMINUM MONITOR: New “purifying” scrap technology announced.

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12. The LME Cash–3M contango flattens as a steep December–January backwardation persists (bearish P1020 premiums).

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