Total exchange stocks of most industrial metals have fallen over the past month but cancelled warrants have in most cases also declined, which points to lacklustre demand. Aluminium and tin were the main exceptions. We expect inventories to build over the course of 2018 as supply bottlenecks ease and growth in China’s demand softens. This is a key reason behind our relatively bearish view on industrial metals prices this year.
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