Evergrande collapse would put a ceiling on prices

Although a messy collapse of Evergrande is a downside risk to our near-term price forecasts, it adds weight to our view that China’s construction sector is in structural decline. In turn, this underpins our view that industrial metals prices will be on the back foot until 2025 at least.

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