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October 2016 | 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

Demand Analysis

Global aluminium demand growth slower in H2, but still holding above 4% pa
Much of the talk of aluminium demand in the past few months has been on a slowdown in usage; not on a dramatic scale, more a slow erosion. MBR revised its 2016 growth projections to 4.1%, followed by 4% in 2017. These are slower rates than have been observed in the aluminium sector for years, but hardly relate to a collapse; end use fundamentals for aluminium remain relatively strong.

WBMS shows contraction in global demand of 0.8% in year to August

The World Bureau of Metal Statistics (WBMS) released its monthly data set last week. The organisation is now showing a y-o-y contraction in usage of 0.8% for the year to August, on the back of -0.4% growth in H1 and -0.1% growth in the year to July. But why are these numbers...

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