Japan’s Q3 aluminum premium negotiations start this week

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Tokyo—Negotiations between Japanese buyers andninternational suppliers to fix premiums for primarynaluminum exports to Japan in the third quarter will startnthis week in Tokyo.nThe negotiations are for Good Western-grade primarynaluminum ingot, sows and T-bars produced by globalnaluminum majors Alcoa, Rio Tinto Alcan, BHP Billiton andnHydro, as well as supplied by Europe-based trading houses.nBuyers include at least eight Japanese trading houses andnseven local rolling mills.