Malaysia has imposed a 3-month ban on bauxite mining and with further measures likely to follow, alumina supply could struggle in 2016. That said, demand will also be constrained by slower growth in aluminium output and high alumina stocks in China. With only a very gradual recovery expected in aluminium prices this year, alumina prices are only likely to make modest gains.
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