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Aluminium: 2012 Review and what to expect in 2013
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Report summary
The LME aluminium price fell by 16% during 2012, as smelters continued to spew out metal despite a deterioration in the economic environment in Europe and a slowdown in the Chinese economy. From a fundamental point of view, the market remained in surplus with inventories increasing by another 1.2Mt in 2012 to an estimated 15Mt.
Table of contents
- 2012
- Market balances and prices
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2012 –the year of tax-cuts, subsidies & infrastructure spending
- Aluminium demand in China, niche market segments winners in 2012
- Supply Analysis – Curtailments? What curtailments?
- The industry escaped a squeeze of raw materials in 2012
- Conclusions
Tables and charts
This report includes 10 images and tables including:
- Global and China's aluminium balance, 2012-2013
- LME stocks: warehouses in Vlissingen absorbed 60% of total net inflows in 2012
- Voluntary smelter curtailments effective in 2012, kt/a
- Involuntary smelter curtailments effective in 2012, kt/a
- ROW aluminium output forecast 2013-2016, kt
- China monthly bauxite imports Jan 2010- Jan 2013
- Alumina spot prices, Jan 2008-Feb 2013
- Rest of World alumina balances, China imports and Spot prices, 2012-2013, (kt)
- Primary aluminium consumption breakdown-2012
- Primary aluminium consumption growth in 2012
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