The global economy in 2 pictures
Demand for aluminium is extremely sensitive to global real GDP. American aluminium giant Alcoa just announced its Q2 earnings and they were better than expected. And management reiterated its expectation for 7 percent global demand growth for 2012.
The following two slides come from Alcoa's earnings presentation. The first looks at demand growth from industrial end markets; the second at demand growth based on regional end markets.
Gallery View:The global economy in 2 pictures
- Yahoo!7 Finance Mon, 9 Jul, 2012 9:00 PM EDT
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