Global Tinplate Market: Supply, Demand and Adapting to the New Pricing Outlook - New for 2011
The tinplate industry is facing a fundamental challenge: how to set prices now that raw material costs are likely to fluctuate on a quarterly basis. The decision by Rio Tinto, BHP Billiton and Vale to move from annual contracts to quarterly pricing could be majorly detrimental to the tinplate industry. Without a new arrangement between mills and tinplate users, tinplate could lose those competitive advantages it has over other forms of packaging; demand for tinplate could suffer as a result. However, if a better modus operandi is found, then the change could be beneficial and make tinplate more attractive to the packaging industry.
Metal Bulletin Research’s Global Tinplate Market: Supply, Demand and Adapting to the New Pricing Outlook forecast study will give perspective on the current situation within the tinplate industry. This study also offers proposals on how pricing could be arranged and provides the necessary background for a constructive negotiation.
Key questions addressed in this study include:
- Can tinplate purchasers fix tinplate prices and what is the cost impact of fixed contracts?
- If flexible prices are necessary, what are the ways to structure the deal? What are the benefits and disadvantages of each structure?
- What are the price forecasts for the coming year?
- How will tinplate supply picture change over the next years?
The forecast looks at:
- Global tinplate capacity and demand by region
- Historic pricing of raw materials and finished tinplate
- Forecasts on tinplate raw material prices for the coming year
- Calculated cost of tinplate
- Proposals on how pricing could be arranged
Other relevant Metal Bulletin Research reports include:
- Steel Raw Materials: Weekly Market Tracker
- Steel: Weekly Market Tracker
- Quarterly Global Iron Ore Cost Service
- Quarterly Global Steel Cost Service
- Trading Iron Ore: A full feasibility study for a new derivatives contract
For more information please call +44 (0) 20 7779 8000 or email us. If you are in the Asia / Pacific region please call +61 3 5221 0715.
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