Aluminum Prices Surge to $3,520/Tonne as Middle East Outages Brace Markets – 17 March 2026
Summary: Aluminum prices recovered after a brief slide, with LME cash offers reaching $3,520 per tonne—a 32.8% breach of previous resistance levels. The rebound is driven by uncertainty over the duration of the conflict in the Middle East, which has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz to commercial traffic, stalling roughly 9% of global aluminum exports.
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