Global aluminium short-term outlook November 2021
Report summary
Table of contents
- China
- Asia ex-China
- Europe
- North America
- Alumina Market Developments
Tables and charts
This report includes 28 images and tables including:
- Retail sales and industrial production show some resilience
- Manufacturing activity remains subdued
- Weak construction sector activity dragging aluminium demand growth lower in Q4
- Investment activity slowing, but manufacturing holding up well
- Japanese production of semis
- Chinese exports of aluminium semis to the EU
- US shipments of extrusions
- US shipments of flat-rolled products
- Summary of October production, kt
- ROW supply increase
- Global output rates (annualised)
- New suspensions in China in November
- Changes in aluminium production estimates since the last month, (kt)
- Spot alumina price
- World ex-China alumina balances, China imports and spot prices, 2020-2023, (kt)
- Shanxi refinery environmental grades, 2020 vs 2021
- World ex-China alumina balance
- China smelter grade alumina balance
- Changes in global SGA production estimates since the last month, (kt)
- World ex-China alumina regions
- Price forecasts and global quarterly aluminium supply/demand balance – (kt)
- Global aluminium prices and premia
- Global primary aluminium consumption (kt)
- Global secondary aluminium consumption (kt)
- Global quarterly alumina production (kt) - including non-metallurgical production but excluding adjustments
- Global quarterly primary aluminium production (kt) - excluding adjustments
- Alumina supply/demand balance global summary (kt)
- Aluminium supply/demand balance global summary (kt)
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