Carbon brakes aluminium supply response to booming prices

China imported another 140,000 tonnes in October, bringing the year-to-date total to 1.27 million tonnes. (File pic shows aluminium stockpil at Malaysia's Port KLang)

LONDON: China, the world's largest aluminium producer, is still running short of primary metal.

The country imported another 140,000 tonnes in October, bringing the year-to-date total to 1.27 million tonnes.