18.03.2015 - China is irreplaceable for the commodities market
The commodities supercycle may be over but there's no replacement for China as the world's factory, according to Citi. From now on commodities demand will come from a diversified group of regions including India, the Middle East, Latin America, Africa and countries belonging to ASEAN in Southeast Asia, writes Henry Sanderson, commodities correspondent. But this won't be enough to offset China, leading to slower worldwide demand growth for commodities as well as weaker global trade flows, the bank said. Hardest hit will be thermal coal, steel iron ore and coking coal, due to their exposure to China's manufacturing, infrastructure, and real estate sectors, they said. Base metals such as aluminium and copper are likely to do better, with emerging market demand growth in the 3 per cent to 5 per cent range into the 2020s, they said...............................................Full Article: Source
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