Commodity Market Report
Global aluminium short-term outlook December 2018
Report summary
The aluminium market service short term outlook (STO) is published monthly and provides a forecast of aluminium supply and demand fundamentals over the next two-years. Aluminium prices consolidated lower during December, weighed down by weak economic data from China, strength in the US dollar and an increase in LME deliveries caused by backwardation in December-January spreads. The LME price came under renewed downward pressure on 20 December, following the US Treasury Department’s announcement that sanctions against UC Rusal would be removed within 30 days. Despite broad market expectations that the US government would end Rusal sanctions, the announcement seems to have caught the aluminium market by surprise.
Table of contents
- Asia ex-China
- India
- Europe
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United States
- Summary of November production, kt
- Changes in aluminium production estimates since November, (kt)
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Alumina Market Developments
- Changes in global SGA production estimates since November, (kt)
Tables and charts
This report includes 19 images and tables including:
- India imports of plate, sheet and strip
- EU28 exports of flat rolled products
- Chinese exports of semis to the EU
- US exports of cars
- US imports of PSS and foil
- Production of flat-rolled products in North America
- China alumina supply
- China output increases in November
- Price forecasts and world quarterly supply/demand balance – (kt)
- Global primary aluminium consumption (kt)
- Global alumina production (kt)
- Global primary aluminium production (kt)
- Alumina supply/demand balance global summary (kt)
- Aluminium supply/demand balance global summary (kt)
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