Hydro until recently expected world aluminium demand excluding China to grow by up to 1% in 2019, but now instead forecasts a decline of 1-2%.

Industrial metals have fallen into two very distinct camps over the course of 2019.

Also, China's August alumina output rose 3.5% year-on-year to 6.04 million tonnes.

LJ West Diamonds gave them a 16.78-carat natural yellow diamond to experiment with.

A sharp fall in Japanese physical premiums for Q4 shipments is the latest sign that aluminium is not immune from the demand weakness that is sapping the industrial metals complex.

China's unwrought copper imports fell in August after a bounce in the previous month.

The new operating procedures include capping monthly bauxite exports at 600,000 tonnes.