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Aluminum Slides to $3,439 a tonne

Aluminum slides 5.9% in June 2026 to $3,439 a tonne and up 36.1% from a year earlier. At $1.56 a pound, a 500-lb extrusion order carries $780 of metal.

Aluminum slides 5.9% in June 2026 to $3,439 a tonne and up 36.1% from a year earlier. At $1.56 a pound, a 500-lb extrusion order carries $780 of metal.

• June 2026: $3,439 a tonne
• on the month: -5.9%
• on the year: +36.1%

At $1.56 a pound, a 500-lb extrusion order carries $780 of metal.

The print sits 82% of the way up the archived range of $2,447 a tonne (May 2025) to $3,654 a tonne (May 2026), with the standing trend rising.

The year-over-year comparison is against June 2025, which printed $2,526 a tonne. Source: IMF global price via FRED. The number above is the agency's published value, unrounded; the history and any later revisions stay queryable on the live data page.

Published 2026-08-14.