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To: tejek who wrote (281747)10/7/2010 7:02:26 PM
From: Les HRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 306849
 
"Aluminum prices on the LME averaged $2,110 a metric ton in the third quarter compared with $1,836 a year earlier."

bloomberg.com

Read your Forbes article again. May is not in the third quarter. Aluminum is up another 10 percent since the end of the quarter. Perhaps some of their finished products sold for lower prices than expected because of previous contractual obligations or excess supply.