Alumina is being added to our coverage of commodities from today. We expect the price of alumina, as shown by the MB alumina index, to rise from around $330 per tonne (FOB Bunbury, Australia) at present to $360 by year-end. This is due to increased demand from aluminium smelters in western China and Saudi Arabia and continued restrictions on Indonesian bauxite exports.
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