Aluminum alloy prices steady in ‘spotty’ market

Nov 09, 2012 | 11:46 AM | Daniel Fitzgerald

Tags  aluminum scrap prices, aluminum alloy prices, aluminum ingot prices, LME, Nasaac, Daniel Fitzgerald

NEW YORK — Free-market aluminum scrap and secondary alloy prices were largely unchanged Thursday, with a flat London Metal Exchange and quiet trading activity combining to keep prices steady.

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