{"id":20194,"date":"2026-09-18T20:33:47","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/?p=20194"},"modified":"2026-09-20T20:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T20:37:07","slug":"europe-primary-aluminum-premiums-rise-on-tight-supply-and-geopolitical-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/18\/europe-primary-aluminum-premiums-rise-on-tight-supply-and-geopolitical-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe | Primary Aluminum: Premiums Rise on Tight Supply and Geopolitical Risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alunet.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/EU_Primary_Aluminium_s-260522.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:269px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1\"><strong>Rotterdam duty-paid P1020A premiums increased to $510\u2013530 per tonne from $490\u2013520 one week earlier. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2\"><strong>Middle Eastern supply interruptions and uncertainty surrounding the Strait of Hormuz reduced near-term availability. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3\"><strong>Higher oil, natural-gas, freight and insurance costs added further support to European premiums. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4\"><strong>LME aluminium inventories stood at approximately 243,600 tonnes, close to their lowest level since 1990. <\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-5\"><strong>Low inventories and expected winter restocking could maintain upward pressure on physical premiums into the first quarter.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"567\" height=\"189\" src=\"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/METAREX-NEWS-AGENTS-LOGO1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18968\" style=\"width:155px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/METAREX-NEWS-AGENTS-LOGO1.jpg 567w, https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/METAREX-NEWS-AGENTS-LOGO1-400x133.jpg 400w, https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/METAREX-NEWS-AGENTS-LOGO1-430x143.jpg 430w, https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/METAREX-NEWS-AGENTS-LOGO1-150x50.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 567px) 100vw, 567px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-non-ferrous"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Author","author_link":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/author\/ghazizadeh\/"},"rttpg_comment":1,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/category\/general\/\" rel=\"category tag\">General<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/category\/non-ferrous\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Non-Ferrous<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20194"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20195,"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20194\/revisions\/20195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metarexllcco.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}