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Previous Reports

> HARBOR's Aluminum Intelligence Report: No Meaningful Improvement in Market Fundamentals
16-May-13
> HARBOR's Aluminum Intelligence Report: No Meaningful Improvement in Market Fundamentals
16-May-13
> HARBOR's Aluminum Intelligence Report: We Now Expect a Balanced Market, but will Hardly Make a Difference
27-Mar-13
> HARBOR's Aluminum Intelligence Report: Moving Towards a Balanced Market, Pressure for Premiums but not Much for Prices
8-Feb-13

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Previous Reports

> HARBOR's Global Output Aluminum Analysis: Significant Aluminum Production Expansion Coming Ahead
21-May-13
> HARBOR's Global Output Aluminum Analysis: Negative Economics Hit Smelting Production Run-Rates; Downgrading 2013 Again
24-Apr-13
> HARBOR Global Output Aluminum Analysis: Global Primary Production Continues to Increase as China Reaches Record Levels
21-Mar-13
> HARBOR's Global Output Aluminum Analysis: Primary Aluminum Production at Multi-Year Lows in Europe & Latam
20-Feb-13

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Previous Reports

> HARBOR Alumina and Bauxite Intelligence Report: Downgrading our Price Forecasts; Now Expecting a Surplus for 2013
10-Apr-13
> HARBOR's Alumina and Bauxite Intelligence Report: Downgrading our Price Forecasts; Now Expecting a Surplus for 2013
8-Apr-13
> HARBOR Alumina and Bauxite Intelligence Report: Alumina, A Gradual Fundamental Turnaround
6-Feb-13
> Alumina/Bauxite Intelligence Report: Alumina, A Gradual Fundamental Turnaround
6-Feb-13

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Previous Reports

> HARBOR Weekly Aluminum Summary: China’s end-user demand figures disappointed again; lowest weekly close price since Sep 2009
24-May-13
> HARBOR Weekly Aluminum Summary: US & Europe premiums heading to fresh highs
11-Jan-13
> HARBOR Weekly Aluminum Summary: Manufacturing cycle likely turned around; weak upward trend in prices remains
4-Jan-13
> HARBOR Weekly Aluminum Summary: Canceled warrants at all-time high should increase physical premiums
28-Dec-12
> Special Weekly Aluminum Analysis: What is the Market Telling Us with Respect to Premiums, Prices, Hedging and the LME?
17-Oct-12
> Special Weekly Aluminum Analysis: What is the Market Telling Us with Respect to Premiums, Prices, Hedging and the LME?
17-Oct-12

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Previous Reports

> HARBOR Weekly Aluminum Summary: China’s end-user demand figures disappointed again; lowest weekly close price since Sep 2009
24-May-13
> HARBOR Daily Aluminum Commentary: Funds sell short emboldened by negative data out of China; RTA delays expansion, Novelis cuts
23-May-13
> HARBOR Daily Aluminum Commentary: North American can stock shipments back to annual expansion mode in April
22-May-13
> HARBOR Daily Aluminum Commentary: Ormet at risk of cutting output in July but more restarts imminent in Europe
21-May-13
> HARBOR Daily Aluminum Commentary: China continues to increase aluminum production more than offsetting ROW's output declines
20-May-13
> HARBOR Weekly Aluminum Summary: Some producers cutting output, others deferring closures / accelerating expansions
17-May-13
> HARBOR Daily Aluminum Commentary: Funds continue to short; rolled products demand expanding in Asia & South America
15-May-13
> HARBOR Daily Aluminum Commentary: Funds continue to short; rolled products demand expanding in Asia & South America
15-May-13
> HARBOR Daily Aluminum Commentary: Funds continue to short; rolled products demand expanding in Asia & South America
15-May-13
> HARBOR Daily Aluminum Commentary: Large buildups in Vlissingen and Detroit; inventory concentration at a record high
14-May-13
> HARBOR Daily Aluminum Commentary: Aluminum output restarts likely in China amid power subsidies
13-May-13
> HARBOR Weekly Aluminum Summary: Prices struggling to remain above $1,900 (86 cent/lb); primary output cuts in India
10-May-13
> HARBOR Daily Aluminum Commentary: Aleris expecting stronger global automotive and aerospace demand in Q2
9-May-13
> HARBOR Daily Aluminum Commentary: Prices again above $1,900 (86 cent/lb); Chinese aluminum imports still weak
8-May-13
> HARBOR Daily Aluminum Commentary: Prices consolidate in low volume; Nalco will temporarily cut primary production
7-May-13
> HARBOR Weekly Aluminum Summary: Funds buy as prices fail to break below $1,800 per mton; cancelations jump in Detroit and Vlissingen
3-May-13
> HARBOR Daily Aluminum Commentary: Japanese demand exiting manufacturing contraction; Chicago enters into contraction zone
30-Apr-13
> HARBOR Weekly Aluminum Summary: Prices plunge below $1,900 on strong profit taking on lack of confidence to stay long
26-Apr-13
> HARBOR Daily Aluminum Commentary: Detroit LME warehouse queues lengthening; China confirmed output cuts above 1 million mtpy
23-Apr-13
> HARBOR Daily Aluminum Commentary: Global primary production down in March as China fell back to a four-month low
22-Apr-13

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Previous Reports

> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: Alcoa to cut aluminum production in Canada; why it won't make much of a difference
16-May-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: Alcoa to cut aluminum production in Canada; why it won't make much of a difference
16-May-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: Alcoa to cut aluminum production in Canada; why it won't make much of a difference
16-May-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: Prices down but support still in place; Alcoa expanding USA automotive sheet capacity
2-May-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: Prices fall and ups odds of more declines; Alcoa studies capacity cuts (doesn’t really make a difference)
1-May-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: Prices fall and ups odds of more declines; Alcoa studies capacity cuts (doesn’t really make a difference)
1-May-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: Century will buy RTA’s Sebree smelter in USA, reaches tentative power agreement for Hawesville
29-Apr-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: Aluminum prices could trigger tactical "buy" signal tomorrow; Chalco cuts aluminum production
25-Apr-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: Novelis hikes conversion prices for aluminum sheet; LME prices return above $1,900 per mton
24-Apr-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: Big Nasaac cancelation; contrasting structural signals between Europe and the Americas
17-Apr-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: Bargain hunting and profit taken by shorts push price back above $1,900 per mton
16-Apr-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: Prices touch 2012's lows; market starting to think China will no longer be bullish for metals as before
15-Apr-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: June-July LME price backwardation gone… HARBOR expecting fresh upward pressure on premiums
8-Apr-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: Prices at a seven-month low as China and the US disappoint and Europe's recession continued
2-Apr-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: Prices hit $1,900 per mton, low end of HARBOR's expected main trading range
27-Mar-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: Northwest Chinese aluminum expansions hit by low prices; traders cancelling metal outside Detroit
25-Mar-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: US secondary market margins tighten; more output cutbacks in China
19-Mar-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: US secondary market margins tighten; more output cutbacks in China
19-Mar-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: US secondary market margins tighten; more output cutbacks in China
19-Mar-13
> HARBOR Aluminum Alert: Aluminum falls closer to low-end of expected range; premiums in Europe down but holding firm elsewhere
18-Mar-13

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