An aluminum buckets producer expects to buy $600$ tons of aluminum in $3$ months time. To hedge the cost of the input the producer goes long futures contracts for $500$ tons aluminum at the cost of $$3,000$ per ton. In $3$ months time the price of aluminum has fallen to $$2,590$ per ton. What will be the total cost to the the producer from the purchase of the $600$ tons of aluminum $($including any money received or spent to settle the futures contracts$)?$

Assume all transaction costs are zero.