CRU World Aluminium Conference 2019

The CRU World Aluminium Conference 2019 is dedicated to the global aluminium industry.

Topics

• 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?