The Aluminum Industry in 1994

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Reference no. 9-799-129

Subject category: Strategy and General Management

Authors: Kenneth S Corts (Harvard Business School)

Published by: Harvard Business Publishing

Originally published in: 1999

Version: 11 March 2002

Length: 21 pages

Data source: Published sources

Topics: Vertical integration; Economic analysis; Supply & demand; Prices; Industry structure; Strategy

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Abstract

After reaching all-time highs in excess of USD2,500 per ton in 1988 and 1989, aluminum prices fall dramatically in the early 1990s as the former Soviet Union begins exporting far larger quantities of metal. By the beginning of 1994, the price has hit all-time lows (in real terms) and stands at USD1,110. The case contains data on world consumption by sector; an accompanying spreadsheet contains detailed cost data for the world's 157 smelters. Together, these allow a thorough supply and demand analysis that illuminates price fluctuations in this industry. A rewritten version of an earlier note.

Location:

Russia

Industries:

Aluminum; Manufacturing

Size:

USD50 billion revenues

Other setting(s):

1994