Power shortages drive aluminum price rises

Gayle Berry, commodities research manager, Barclays Capital, speaks with Michelle de Klerk, associate editor, Platts Metals, about themes that have dominated the aluminum market this year; structural tightening in global energy markets and the implications on aluminum production; the price forecast for aluminum for the remainder of 2008 and 2009 and the role of China in this outlook.

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Created: July 15, 2008

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