Three-month aluminium on the London Metal Exchange was up 0.3% at $2,219 a tonne.
Decarbonisation and moving to the carbon neutral target will be a key focus at the two sessions in Beijing this week so that's why aluminium and steel would be in the spotlight because they are energy intensive industries.
The dollar languished near its lowest in a week as investors began entertaining doubts about the scale of a recent rally driven by expectations of a faster pandemic recovery in the United States than elsewhere.