Research and Markets: Aluminium Industry, Q4 2011 - Rising cost to defend price softening

Swiftness of recovery in demand during CY10 significantly reduced the gap between global production and consumption of aluminium. The earlier fall in global metal demand, which prompted many companies to idle their capacities; gave an opportunity to the same players to restart their operations either fully or partially. In line with the robust growth in demand, the industry also witnessed a substantial increase in global production of aluminium. CY10 recorded a rise in primary aluminium production by about 11% when compared with CY09.

CARE Research's report on the Aluminium Industry' is an analytical study of the industry, which rationally discusses the past and the current performance of the industry, and gives an insight of trends that will emanate in future. The report provides a conceptual understanding of the aluminium industry's performance in all prominent aluminium intensive industries like transportation, packaging, building construction, etc. The report also provides a futuristic outlook of the potential global demand supply balance and the impact on global aluminum prices.

The report also provides CARE Research's forecast on the domestic aluminium industry which covers the outlook on the domestic profitability of players, cost of production, domestic demand-supply balance and India's export competitiveness. CARE Research's forecasts are based on its bottom-up demand forecasting model based on an in-depth knowledge of the metal industry and interaction with key industry players.

The industry section of the report provides the reader an understanding of the classification, characteristics of the global aluminium industry, government regulations and insights on the key raw material industries along with a detailed explanation of the aluminium production process. The section also covers a snapshot of the financial as well as operational performance of the leading domestic and international players.

Companies Mentioned:

Hindalco Industries Limited
National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO)
Sterlite Industries India Limited (SIIL)
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National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO)
Sterlite Industries India Limited (SIIL)
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