The first factor affecting the price of aluminum scrap is the listing that is made on the London Metal Exchange.
La quotation of the price of aluminum on the London Metal Exchange it is in turn based on the demands of the real market, on the financial hedges that companies make on the stock market and on speculation. which are made globally of semi-finished products.
The most important quotation factor is always the demand for semi-finished products, which indicate the quantity of demand and the value of consumption on the market.
The semi-finished products leave the foundries and are destined for manufacturing industries, which require semi-finished products in aluminum for the production of a multitude of objects.
From furniture for the home to the naval and aerospace industries, and for a myriad of mechanical components, especially created for the building and automotive markets.
Therefore also on the basis of global consumption trends of objects of daily use, to the relationship between supply and demand and therefore to the relative request made by the manufacturing industry of semi-finished aluminum there are fluctuations in the price of aluminum on the stock markets.