Event Drop-In: Trump, OPEC, China – What’s driving oil prices in 2025? 27th November 2024, 3:00PM GMT An oil market that has mostly looked through a year of Middle East conflict now faces fresh, Trump-shaped, uncertainty. The president-elect’s campaign pledges on everything from Iran and Israel to...
Commodities Rapid Response OPEC+ Meeting: Further cuts, but a price rally is unlikely 30th November 2023 · 2 mins read
Metals Data Response Global Steel Production (Oct.) The monthly fall in China’s steel production should continue over the next two months, but the outlook is a little brighter in 2024. Elsewhere, production rose in October, and India’s production in... 22nd November 2023 · 3 mins read
Metals Data Response Global Aluminium Production (Oct.) Global aluminium production rose in October and set a monthly record. This is unlikely to be broken over the next few months as China’s output should fall as smelters curb output over winter. 20th November 2023 · 2 mins read
Metals Data Response Global Steel Production (Sep.) Monthly global steel output in September fell in year-on-year terms for the first time in 2023, in large part due to a contraction in China’s production. With demand set to remain weak and low... 24th October 2023 · 3 mins read
Metals Data Response Global Aluminium Production (Sep.) After reaching a record high in August, global aluminium production eased back in September but remained strong. Given that demand growth is relatively subdued, the increase in global supply may only... 20th October 2023 · 2 mins read
Metals Data Response Global Steel Production (Aug.) The slowdown in global steel production in August is consistent with our long-held view that slowing demand will weigh on production in the second half of this year. Weakening demand stems from... 25th September 2023 · 2 mins read
Metals Data Response Global Aluminium Production (August) An increase in year-on-year production growth, coupled with upward revisions to the back data, means that global aluminium supply is much stronger than previously thought. Production reached a record... 20th September 2023 · 3 mins read
Metals Data Response Global Steel Production (Jul.) Global steel production will probably continue to edge lower in the next few months, following the latest month-on-month decline revealed by the WSA today. Crucially, we think that steel demand will... 22nd August 2023 · 2 mins read
Metals Data Response Global Aluminium Production (July) Global aluminium production growth slowed for the seventh consecutive month and dipped into contractionary territory in July on the back of weakness in China. We think production growth will stagnate... 21st August 2023 · 2 mins read
Metals Data Response Global Steel Production (Jun.) Global steel production growth picked up in June, albeit only to a pace consistent with stagnant growth. With the rise in output in China on shaky ground and weak demand beginning to weigh on supply... 25th July 2023 · 2 mins read
Metals Data Response Global Aluminium Production (June) Global aluminium production growth eased again in June, in a sign that smelters are responding to weak demand growth. We think that production growth will remain subdued over the next few months as... 20th July 2023 · 2 mins read
Metals Data Response Global Steel Production (May) Global steel production fell sharply in y/y terms in May. Against the backdrop of subdued demand and stringent supply caps in China, the supply outlook over the next few months appears bleak. 21st June 2023 · 2 mins read
Metals Data Response Global Aluminium Production (May) If reports of a forthcoming easing of output restrictions in Yunnan province are accurate, then the ongoing slowdown in China’s aluminium production growth could come to an end soon. Much will also... 20th June 2023 · 3 mins read
Energy Data Response US Weekly Petroleum Status Report Oil prices surged on the back of this week’s report, which managed to successfully tear investors’ attention away from the upcoming OPEC+ meeting this weekend. In isolation, there was little to... 1st June 2023 · 2 mins read
