Base Metals

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  • Turkey Refined Copper Market Overview

      

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    • TRY: 5,000 ₺

    Turkey has a strategic geographical location due to access to high seas as well as handling trade relations with European and Caspian Sea countries, leading to trade opportunities for this country. Accordingly, export income has a contribution to Turkey’s economy. There are many copper consuming manufacturing plants in Turkey which products are sold to international markets. As such, Turkey copper demand increased with CAGR of 6% during 2001-17.

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  • Bahrain Aluminum and Semis Market Overview

      

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    • TRY: 50 ₺

    Downstream sector of aluminum industry has developed significantly in Bahrain, as Bahrain has become one the major exporter of aluminum semis in the globe, while it is well-known as the second biggest primary aluminum producer in the region. This has raised its aluminum ingot consumption per capita about 10 fold above global mean. Among different sectors of aluminum downstream in Bahrain, more threats attribute to extruders.

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  • Global and Middle East Trade Trend of Aluminum Scraps

      

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    • TRY: 50 ₺

    Having used aluminum scraps not only saves significant amount of energy but also lowers the production costs of semis, since it has lower price in comparison with primary aluminum. However, the better quality of semis produced by primary aluminum has affected the preferences of scrap use. This is dominant when aluminum prices are in high levels, making aluminum scraps as the main source in downstream sector.

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  • Global and Middle East Trade Trend of Alumiunum Cans

      

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    • TRY: 50 ₺

    Development of geographical distribution of aluminum cans capacities, as well as growing demands have given rise to increasing global trade. Although aluminum price drops during 2015 and 2016, lowered the sale price of aluminum cans, but still trade of cans was dominant among those countries benefiting from preferential tariff. In the Middle East, trade of aluminum cans softened after ISIS’s rise. One of the most highlighted uses of aluminum cans is to produce alcoholic beverages, which are highly rejected by Islamic extremists.

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  • Global and Middle East Trade Trend of Rolled Aluminum Products

      

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    • TRY: 50 ₺

    The majority of aluminum rolled products, being trading, is aluminum sheets and plates. However, aluminum foils which possess higher value-added in comparison with aluminum sheets and plates, have experienced slower growth in trading markets. The Middle East, well known as one of vital regions in upstream sector of aluminum industry, has met increasing aluminum rolled production and exportation. Bahrain after Turkey, was the major exporter of aluminum rolled products. Nevertheless, Saudi Arabia’s rolling mills have become one of the most important competitors to Bahrain rollers in international markets, while have lately started production.

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  • Oman Aluminum and Semis Market Overview

      

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    • TRY: 50 ₺

    Oman is the fourth biggest aluminum primary producer in the Middle East. The key downstream capacities have been developed close to the aluminum smelter in Oman (similar to elsewhere in the Middle East), so that they can easily access to the primary materials in form of liquid hot metal. Using liquid hot metal can save re-melting costs, giving rise to higher competitiveness. Although other producers in the region benefits from neighboring to smelters as well as utilizing secondary resources to feed their capacities, but semis producers in Oman negligibly bring scraps into use, leading to lower competitiveness in comparison with other producers in the region.

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  • Saudi Arabia Aluminum and Semis Market Overview

      

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    • TRY: 50 ₺

    Although Saudi Arabia has launched production of primary aluminum earlier than producers, but it has experienced appreciable development in downstream sector of aluminum industry. This has brought out more rapid growth rate of consumption per capita in comparison with the globe. Sheets and profiles as the main growing aluminum semis in Saudi Arabia, have encountered a drop in demand; however the demand is still above supply volume, providing strong enough drives for production growth.

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  • Supply and Demand of Aluminum Rolled Products across Different Regions

      

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    • TRY: 50 ₺

    Rolling mills need considerable amounts of investments. This has confined the distribution of rolling capacities across the globe, dominating trade of rolled products. Meanwhile, China has experienced the more rapid growth in supply market and the Middle East recorded the most quick growing demand market. Faster growth of demands in the Middle East in comparison with its supplies growth, let to deficit market balance, while the considerable capacities in the region are still inactive. The major exporter outside the region to the Middle East is China. It is expected that exports of China decrease in results of slower economy growth together with increasing domestic demands. Accordingly, higher utilization rate of rolling mills in the Middle East is expected.

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