Lower stocks justify some of the strength in prices

Total exchange stocks of most metals fell in 2017 on a combination of constrained supply and solid growth in China’s demand in the first half of the year. We expect stocks to build over the course of 2018 as supply bottlenecks ease and growth in China’s demand softens.

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