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Global aluminium long-term outlook Q3 2019

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What’s the key takeaway in our latest quarterly aluminium outlook report?

A sharp slowdown in global economic activity, escalating trade tensions and rising geopolitical risks will keep annual average LME aluminium prices below US$1900/t out to 2023. Out to 2030, we expect prices to trend upwards.

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Get answers to all your questions about the global aluminium market, including:

  • How will global warming and decarbonisation impact the aluminium industry?
  • Will rising scrap availability affect the level of investment in new smelting capacity?
  • Are Chinese semis exports here to stay, or will they go away?
  • As the dynamic between the China and rest of the world changes, where are the other emerging aluminium production hotspots?

The report includes a full set of data and charts, including this one, tracking changes in aluminium production capacity and demand for the last 30 years, and providing forecasts out to 2040. Scroll down to see the complete table of contents.

The aluminium metal market service long term outlook (LTO) is published quarterly and provides a detailed forecast of aluminium supply and demand fundamentals out to 2040. Our latest assessment of primary aluminium market fundamentals points to a deficit of 1 Mt in 2019. Despite what appears, on paper, to be a price supportive balance, the LME price has been on a downtrend throughout 2019. The official cash price has lost 9% of its value since it peaked in March. Beyond 2019, we forecast the market to be in surplus out to 2022. The dynamic between the China and rest of the world balance is changing. We expect China to move into deficit on modest output growth while the world ex-China will swing to a surplus over the next 3 years. Further out the aluminium industry will face the twin challenges of climate change and how to deal with rising availability of scrap.

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This report includes the following images and tables:

  • Global supply-demand balance, LME cash prices and stocks in days of consumption
  • China swings into deficit in 2019
  • Elevated days of consumption in world ex-China points to lower requirement for new capacity over the medium term
  • Global aluminium balance, 2018-2023, 2025, 2035, 2040
  • World ex-China alumina capacity and demand (Mt)
  • Long-term alumina market balance and price forecast
  • Atlantic Seaborne supply & demand, 2010-2035, Mt
  • Indo-Pacific Seaborne supply & demand, 2010-2035, Mt
  • Bunker fuel mix assumptions
  • Indicative freight rates, Atlantic to Yantai (China), 2015-2025, US$/t bauxite
  • Global seaborne bauxite balance and prices, 2018-2023, 2025, 2035, 2040
  • Metal prices, cash costs and aluminium stocks
  • 68 more item(s)...

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