South Korea bought 2,000 tonnes of aluminium for October arrival via tenders closed on Wednesday, the state-run Public Procurement Service said on its website (www.g2b.go.kr). Details of the purchase are as follows:
TONNES SUPPLIER/PREMIUM(CIF/T) ORIGIN ARRIVAL/PORT
1,000 Donghyun Trading Corp/$380 Western Sept. 30/Busan
1,000 LG Int’l Corp/$408 Indonesia Sept. 30/Busan
* Note: The above premiums were made over London Metal Exchange (LME) prices.