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Aluminum Tumbles to $3,158 a tonne

Aluminum tumbles 8.2% in July 2026 to $3,158 a tonne and up 21.2% from a year earlier. At $1.43 a pound, a 500-lb extrusion order carries $716 of metal.

Aluminum tumbles 8.2% in July 2026 to $3,158 a tonne and up 21.2% from a year earlier. At $1.43 a pound, a 500-lb extrusion order carries $716 of metal.

• July 2026: $3,158 a tonne
• on the month: -8.2%
• on the year: +21.2%

At $1.43 a pound, a 500-lb extrusion order carries $716 of metal.

The print sits 59% of the way up the archived range of $2,447 a tonne (May 2025) to $3,658 a tonne (May 2026), with the standing trend rising.

The year-over-year comparison is against July 2025, which printed $2,606 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 2026-09-11.