Aluminium
3,283US$/t▲ 1.0% vs Aug 2026
Latest observation Sept 2026
- Latest
- 3,283
- Change
- +542.5%
- Year on year
- +23.7%
- High
- 3,666 May 2026
- Low
- 496 Mar 1962
- Average
- 1,479
- Volatility
- 16.4%
Aluminium is 3,283 US$/t (Sept 2026), 542.5% higher than in Jan 1960. Over the last year: +23.7%.
What is this?
The world market price of aluminium (US$/t).
Mozal, near Maputo, is one of Africa's largest aluminium smelters and a top export earner. It imports alumina, so the world price is not Mozambique's realised export value.
How to read it
Higher means the commodity sells for more on world markets.
Unit: US$/t.
Measure: Global benchmark price.
What does the data say?
Aluminium is 3,283 US$/t (Sept 2026), 542.5% higher than in Jan 1960. Over the last year: +23.7%.
Over all 801 observations since Jan 1960, the highest was 3,666 (May 2026) and the lowest 496 (Mar 1962).
Why does it matter?
- Households: Affects local prices only where Mozambique imports the product.
- Businesses: Exporters earn more when world prices rise; importers pay more.
- Government: Royalties and export taxes move with world prices.
- Investors: Commodity exposure of Mozambique's exports.
- Mobile money: Indirect; mainly through incomes in producing regions.
Observed facts are above; these are possible implications, not measured effects.
What should I watch?
Data source
- Source
- World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet)
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Observations
- 801 (Jan 1960 – Sept 2026)
- Source published
- 2026-10-02
- Last retrieved
- 2026-10-17
- Method
- Monthly average in nominal US dollars. Column "Aluminum" ($/mt).
- Limitations
- A world market price, not the price Mozambican producers or exporters actually receive, nor the export unit value in customs data.
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