The CRU World Aluminium Conference 2019 is dedicated to the global aluminium industry.
The CRU World Aluminium Conference 2019 covers topics such as:
- Energy forecasts and price impacts
- Aluminium Demand - Opportunities and Threats
- Freight rate outlook
- Investors positions and ramifications
- Chinese supply reform: myth or reality, and the drive for environmental control?
- Exchange rates
- Will China abolish the 15% tax on primary exports?
- Opportunities and challenges in face of evolving US and Chinese policies
- Downstream opportunities from on-shoring and trade actions
- US restarts and their impact on the market balance
- Technological developments in the US rolling sector – what does it mean for rollers in other regions?
- Effects of potential duties on US aluminum imports of primary and semis
- China’s global position in rolled products in face of trade constraints
- Domestic constraints vs. overseas expansion
- Will replacement demand sustain construction demand in China?
- Long term economic trends and implications for aluminium demand?
- Is China fundamentally changing its approach to producing and exporting polluting materials?
- When will the scrap gap be filled and displace primary metal demand?
- Where is the calcined coke and the coal tar pitch going to come from?
- Is there long-term shortages in carbon products that could limit restarts and expansions in primary?
