Commodity Market Report
Global aluminium short-term outlook May 2021
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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. The official LME cash price reached a three-year high of US$2565/t on 10 May. Since then it has lost more than US$200/t on rumors that the Chinese government could intervene in the markets to limit the escalating prices of raw materials.
Table of contents
- China
- Asia ex-China
- Europe
- North America
- Alumina Market Developments
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- PMI's diverge but underlying growth remains positive
- Infrastructure investment slowing but still elevated
- Sectoral growth
- Property market outlook will be determined by the extent of policy tightening
- Japanese production of semis
- US shipments of flat-rolled products
- US imports of flat-rolled products
- Summary of April production, kt
- Vedanta aluminium production
- Allocation of smelters and refineries
- Global annualised output rates
- Supply cuts estimation due to hydropower shortage
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