【Ferro-alloys.com】：Aluminum climbed on concerns that critical supply routes for Middle Eastern producers will be disrupted by conflict in a region responsible for a significant share of global output.

Prices for the metal advanced as much as 2.8% in early trading to $3 228 a ton on the London Metal Exchange. The Strait of Hormuz — a trade chokepoint off the coast of Iran — is used by many of the area’s major aluminum producers to ship out metal and