Aluminum price climbs as Europe prepares ban on Russian imports
Aluminum prices on the London Metal Exchange rose 2% to $2,624.50 a ton.
Western Japan’s electricity supply will fall 1.2 percent short of forecast peak demand for August, as five regional utilities’ efforts to boost supply could not offset unplanned shutdowns this month of a nuclear reactor and a coal-fired plant, Japan’s trade ministry said on Wednesday.
Image of Fukushima Daiichi NPP in 2002 is from KEI.
