Social inventories of silicon metal across Huangpu port, Kunming city and Tianjin port shrank increased 4,000 mt from the previous week to 44,000 mt as of Friday August 13.
China saw 1,352 China-Europe freight transported in July, up 8 percent year-on-year, making more than 1,000 train runs in a single month for 15 consecutive months, according to data from China Railway.
SMM data showed that China's social inventories of aluminium across eight consumption areas increased 7,000 mt on the week and rose 15,000 mt from Monday to 739,000 mt as of August 12.