U.S. EIA gasoline inventories fell 968,000 barrels in the week to Aug. 7, versus a market-expected draw of 1.199 mln barrels and a prior draw of 1.643 mln barrels.

Chinalco said Yunnan Aluminium Co. completed quality testing on 19mm-diameter, 2-ton single-coil large-section aluminium round bar and has shipped the product to an energy-storage battery plant in the Yangtze River Delta. The firm is the first domestic producer to use continuous casting and rolling to supply large-section round bar at scale to the energy-storage sector, representing import substitution and entry into stable mass production.

Lithium carbonate most-active futures contract rose more than 3% to 149,820 yuan/ton.