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August 2015 | Aluminium Weekly Market Tracker


Primary and Secondary Fundamental Analysis


Analysis of consumption and production of primary aluminium, and an analysis of the market drivers of secondary aluminium and aluminium scrap

Demand AnalysisThe clouds are darkening on the macroeconomic level, but what of underlying aluminium demand? Plunging stock markets, currency devaluations and interest rate adjustments all have the global commodity markets of tenterhooks and aluminium is no different. There is certainly a greater sense of uncertainty now about what the next two quarters may well hold in store than there were ahead of the summer, and given that the annual mating season is just about to get underway negotiations are likely to get off to a slow start. But how has underlying aluminium demand been performing over the course of 2015? The World Bureau of Metal Statistics has just released its first take on aluminium demand levels for the first half of 2015 and it worth taking a look at what their numbers are showing. WBMS indicates that Chinese demand increased by 34% y-o-y in H1.... Overall the WBMS estimates that global...

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