This essential service ensures you receive in-depth, regular and dedicated market analysis and forecasts, as well as regular updates, on the primary aluminium, alumina and its raw material markets.

A key feature is a three year supply, demand and price forecast for the aluminium and alumina markets. The report includes short-term technical analysis, as well as a review on power, freight and carbon products markets, which together with alumina constitute the main inputs in the aluminium industry.

The report includes and in-depth analysis of consumption and production patterns by region, as well as expert commentary on LME trading activity.

March 08 2010 Issue

• Weekly Statistical Data Spreadsheets

  08 March 2010

  Download links for all the statistical data published with the weekly report.

• Coal tar pitch prices increase in China : Carbon Analysis

  08 March 2010

  Monthly assessment of the Calcined Petroleum Coke and Coal Tar Pitch Markets.

• Short term fundamentals firming slightly: Primary, Secondary and Scrap Aluminium Fundamental Analysis

  08 March 2010

  An overview of consumption and production of primary aluminium, and an analysis of the market drivers of secondary aluminium and aluminium scrap.

• Price rally begins to falter: Market Summary and Analysis

  08 March 2010

  While the technical indicators remain bullish and our market contacts suggest that $2,300/tonne could be surpassed this week, quieter trading today suggests the price is more likely to consolidate first.

• Weekly Technical Analysis

  08 March 2010

  Technical analysis of the LME aluminium market and aluminium alloy market.