{"id":590967,"date":"2026-04-23T23:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=590967"},"modified":"2026-04-23T23:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:55:00","slug":"mercuria-goldman-jpmorgan-see-major-aluminum-market-shock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=590967","title":{"rendered":"Mercuria, Goldman, JPMorgan See Major Aluminum Market Shock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mercuria, Goldman, JPMorgan See Major Aluminum Market Shock <\/span><\/p>\n

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Analysts at Mercuria, the Geneva-based Swiss commodities trading firm, are sounding the alarm on the global aluminum market<\/strong> after severe disruptions in the Gulf region, adding to a growing list of trading desks and research teams warning of a deepening supply shock.<\/p>\n

“The scale of the supply shock we’re seeing in the aluminum market is probably the largest single supply shock a base metals market has suffered in the post-2000 <\/strong>era,” Mercuria commodities analyst Nick Snowdon told Reuters<\/a> on the sidelines of the\u00a0Financial Times Commodities Global Summit<\/em> in Lausanne, Switzerland.<\/p>\n

Snowdon then told Reuters, “We are already in a ‘black swan’ event. No one could have foreseen something on this scale.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mercuria is a Swiss commodities trading house based in Geneva. Its traders sell, ship, store, and finance physical commodities across markets such as oil, gas, power, LNG, and metals.<\/p>\n

Snowdon’s alarm over the global aluminum market is mainly because the Gulf region accounts for 9% of world supply, and with major smelters already declaring force majeure<\/a> and the Hormuz chokepoint blocked<\/a> for much of this week, this is shaping up to be one of the most memorable shocks in the metal market in decades.<\/p>\n

Aluminum prices have already surged to a four-year high, and Mercuria estimates the market could face at least a 2 million-ton deficit by the end of the year, potentially worse if the US-Iran conflict drags on and alumina flows through Hormuz chokepoint remain heavily constrained.<\/p>\n

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“That shortfall compares with about 1.5 million tons of visible inventory and just over 3 million tons of total global stock, including non-visible units, leaving the market with limited buffers<\/strong>,” Snowdon said, adding that a larger deficit is possible.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He warned that the most exposed supply chains to the Gulf shock are in the US and Europe<\/strong>. He noted both regions rely heavily on Middle Eastern aluminum imports and already have low stockpiles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Last week, JPMorgan analysts warned<\/a> that the aluminum market is descending into a black hole<\/strong>, or a “metaphorical point of no return,” where the “global aluminum market will face a serious and prolonged supply outage,” even if vessel flows through the Hormuz chokepoint resume in the near term.<\/p>\n

Separately, Goldman commodity specialist James McGeoch recently warned clients, “Hard to think of a bigger metal supply shock<\/strong>: High degree of expectation this was where it was heading, but the initial reaction was to fade the uncertainty yesterday. That should be replaced by fresh length if history is a guide.”<\/p>\n

From Mercuria to JPM to Goldman, traders and analysts at these mega institutions are all warning of a metal supply shock<\/strong>, with major risks that could curtail the production of anything from planes to tanks to cars and even\u00a0power infrastructure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 04\/23\/2026 – 19:55<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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