Insight
Energy revolution leaves US aluminium in the cold
This report is currently unavailable
Report summary
Wood Mackenzie estimates using forecast US wholesale power prices that the incentive aluminium price required for new greenfield smelter capacity in the US is US$2760/t, while that for new brownfield capacity is US$2655/t. With incentive prices higher than our current long term price forecasts for LME aluminium, we expect that the US will increasingly come to rely on imported aluminium metal units.
Table of contents
- Past and mutual appreciation
- Deregulation and revolution
- Breaking of the fellowship
- Little incentive
- Outward looking
Tables and charts
This report includes 5 images and tables including:
- Changes to US primary aluminium smelting capacity, 1999-2014 (ktpa)
- Contract and base case wholesale weighted average power tariffs, 2003-2025, US$/MWh (2014$)
- Long run US incentive price for greenfield and brownfield primary capacity, 10% IRR (2014$)
- Modelled smelter operating margins on LME, alumina and wholesale forecast prices, 2014-2020, US$/t
- US primary aluminium balance
What's included
This report contains:
Other reports you may be interested in
28 February 2018
Global aluminium short-term outlook February 2018
Commodity Market Report
Global aluminium short-term outlook February 2018
Wide backwardation in nearby LME spreads attracts large tonnages into Asian warehouses.
$2,70031 October 2018
Global aluminium short-term outlook October 2018
Commodity Market Report
Global aluminium short-term outlook October 2018
LME aluminium price breaks below key support at $2000/t as fears over trade war impact override a positive fundamental picture.
$2,70030 November 2018
Global aluminium short-term outlook November 2018
Commodity Market Report
Global aluminium short-term outlook November 2018
Concerns over the impact of the trade war, rising interest rates and recent political events are keeping investors on the sidelines.
$2,700
