Global lead long-term outlook Q1 2019
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What’s the key takeaway from this report?
Years of severe tightness in lead concentrate supplies are coming to an end as the mine supply response to the higher prices of recent years finally kicks in. This will combine with softening lead demand growth in the medium term to overturn the large refined lead deficits of the past four years and transition the market into substantial surpluses.
What key questions does this report answer?
- As the market adjusts, will more smelter capacity be required?
- Which sectors have pulled down Chinese lead demand?
- How will the price react to a changing lead metal market?
This report also comes with charts and data sets, including this one, which forecasts global consumption patterns out to 2040.
Report summary
Table of contents
- Key points
- Demand – what's changed?
- Supply - what's changed?
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Mine Production
- Africa
- Asia
- Asian lead mine capability
- Europe
- Latin America
- Middle East
- North America
- Oceania
- 3 more item(s)...
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Smelter and refinery Production
- Africa
- Asia
- Asian refined lead production
- Europe
- Latin America
- Middle East
- North America
- Oceania
- 1 more item(s)...
- Overview
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Review and forecast by region
- Asia
- China
- India
- Japan
- Europe
- North America
- US
- Mexico
- 2 more item(s)...
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Principal Uses of Lead
- Batteries
- Non-Battery
- Refined lead market transitions from recent tightness into meaningful surpluses
- Long-term outlook
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Global refined lead production capability
- Regional demand changes from previous long-term outlook
- Global lead consumption
- Global refined lead supply-demand balance and price
- Global primary versus secondary refined lead output
- Global refined lead stocks and price
- African lead mine capability
- European lead mine capability
- Latin American lead mine capability
- Middle Eastern lead mine capability
- 32 more item(s)...
What's included
This report contains:
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