South Korea State Agency Tenders To Buy 6,000 Tons Aluminum

South Korea State Agency Tenders To Buy 6,000 Tons Aluminum SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--South Korea's state procurement agency has tendered to buy 6,000 metric tons of aluminum, a senior official at the agency said Thursday. The Public Procurement Service has offered to buy 3,000 tons of good Western aluminum, and 3,000 tons of non-Western. The port of delivery is Busan, and shipments are to be made by November 30. Bidding for the tender begins September 18 at 0430 GMT. At 0100 GMT, three-month aluminum on the London Metal Exchange was at $2,625 a metric ton, up $5 from Thursday's kerb. -By James Campbell, Dow Jones Newswires;