First eight months of 2007: spot aluminium price av, US$2740 a tonne (US124c/lb), nearly 7 per cent higher than the 2006 average price of US$2570 a tonne

Australian Commodities Vol. 14 No. 3 September Quarter 2007 reported ahigh price driven principally by strong global demand for aluminium and lower stocks, as measured in weeks of consumption;