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Japanese aluminum buyers have agreed to pay the highest premium in 11 years after the Iran war disrupted supplies. The increased cost is expected to fuel inflationary pressures in factories that rely on aluminum. The development highlights the broader commodity market fallout from the ongoing Middle East conflict.

Japan’s aluminum buyers agreed to pay the highest premium in 11 years after the Iran war disrupted supplies, a cost that’s likely to stoke inflationary pressures at the factories which use the metal.