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Market Update
Pål Kildemo
Head of IR
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The paradox of the aluminium industry
Demand winner – yet price laggard
Yearly consumption (Index 2000=100), global
3-month LME price (Index 2000=100)
150
800
130
600
110
400
90
200
70
2000
2002
2004
2006
2008
Copper
Source: CRU/Global Insight
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2010
Tin
2012
0
2000
2013
Lead
2002
2004
Aluminium
2006
2008
Nickel
2010
2012
2013
Improved market balance
Brighter outlook after years of overproduction, world ex-China
Production less demand world ex-China
Supply/demand world ex-China**
Inventory days
Quarterly annualized*
Primary aluminium, in thousand tonnes
World ex-China reported primary aluminium
inventories
Primary aluminium, in thousand tonnes
3 500
2 500
150
2 000
1 000
100
1 500
0
500
50
-1 000
- 500
-1 500
Dec-08 Oct-09 Aug-10 Jun-11 Apr-12 Feb-13 Dec-13 Sep-14
-2 000
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Fall 2012
Source: CRU/Hydro
*12 month rolling average ** CRU estimates
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Fall 2014
Q1 00
Q3 02
Q1 05
Q3 07
Q1 10
0
Q3 12 Q3 14
World ex-China inventory days
Supply growth next year mainly in Asian regions
World ex-China
Supply
Demand
Demand growth
base case: 3-4 %
Thousand tonnes
28 000
Supply development 2015
26 000
(million tonnes)
24 000
Other
22 000
20 000
Supply
influences
18 000
Few new projects
India
~0.4
Structural issues
Ramp-up challenges
~0.4
Potential
curtailments,
including full year
effects from 2014
~0.5?
India & other Asia
16 000
Potential restarts
and curtailments?
14 000
Potential additions
Potential restarts
~0.5?
12 000
10 000
2006
Source: CRU, Hydro Analysis
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2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 E
2015 E
All-in price of aluminium in upward trend
All-in ingot price exceeds USD 2 500/tonne as premiums continue to rise to new records
Regional standard ingot premiums
All-in ingot aluminium price
USD per tonne
USD per tonne
600
3 000
400
2 500
NOK per tonne
18 000
14 000
200
0
Jan-08
2 000
Mar-09
May-10
US Mid West
Source: Metal Bulletin, MW/MJP: Platts
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Jul-11
Japan
Sep-12
Nov-13
Europe (duty-paid)
Dec-14
1 500
Jan 11
10 000
Jan 12
Jan 13
Jan 14
LME cash
LME cash + US Midwest
LME cash + Europe duty paid
LME Cash + Europe dutypaid NOK (RHS)
Source: Metal Bulletin, MW/MJP: Platts, Reuters Ecowin
Dec-14
Product premiums also at record high levels
USD per tonne
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
Product
premium lifted
on its own
fundamentals
200
100
0
Jan-90
Feb-92
Mar-94
Apr-96
EI over ingot
Source: Metal Bulletin, Hydro Analysis
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May-98
Jun-00
Jul-02
European duty-paid ingot
Aug-04
Sep-06
Oct-08
Nov-10
Metal Bulletin Billet Premium Indicator
Dec-12
Dec-14
Market balance indicates pricing above 90th percentile on the cost curve
High inventories separates current period from earlier periods where demand exceeded production
LME price vs BOC development world ex-China
LME price and marginal
smelter in USD
Supply/demand balance in
world ex-China in thousand tonnes
3 000
4 000
2 500
3 000
2 000
2 000
1 500
1 000
1 000
0
500
-1 000
Supply/demand balance
LME
90 percentile
0
-2 000
2000
2001
Source: CRU/Hydro
*BOC = Business Operating Costs
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2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014E
China to remain balanced on imports/exports of primary aluminium
Bauxite import declined amid Indonesian export ban
China import
Annualized aluminium equivalents*, million mt
2011
2012
25
YTD
2014**
2013
− Significant drop in bauxite
imports since January
− Alumina imports increasing
33% YTD
20
15
• Primary aluminium
10
− No significant import or export
China export
5
expected in 2015. Export duties
remains at 15% as before.
0
• Semis and fabricated
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− Uptick in export of semis and
fabricated products
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Bauxite
Alumina
Scrap
Primary aluminium
Source: CRU/Antaike/Hydro
* Bauxite/alumina to aluminium conversion factor: 5.0/1.925
**December estimated to be same as November
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• Bauxite and alumina
Fabricated
Semis
Net aluminium imports
China developing new bauxite import sources
No Indonesian bauxite exports translates to higher prices average CIF China
Import volume by origin
Value-in-use bauxite price increasing more
Million tonnes
USD per tonne
80
70
60
50
80
Delta 2014 vs 2011:
Indonesia -27
Australia +6
India +4
Other Pacific +4
Atlantic +3
Avr CIF China
70
65
40
60
30
55
20
50
10
45
0
2011
Indonesia
2012
Australia
2013
India
Other Pacific
2014E*
Atlantic
Source: China Custom, CMgroup, Hydro Analysis, * assuming Dec 14 imports same as Nov 14
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Value-in-Use
75
40
Jan-12
Aug-12
Mar-13
Oct-13
May-14
Dec-14
Lighter vehicles make a big impact on the climate challenge
Aluminium – part of the solution
For each
10% reduction
in vehicle weight,
car manufacturers
achieve fuel-savings
of 5-7%
Declining CO2 emission targets around the world
Sources: EAA, ICCT, IAI
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Land Rover Sport 2010
Land Rover Sport 2014
3,100 kg
2,200 kg
C02 emissions
327 g/100 km
C02 emissions
194 g/100 km
Robust long-term growth outlook for flat rolled products worldwide
Transport is main driver for growth – Body-in-White consumption growth outperforming all other segments
Global FRP consumption by end-use 2014
10%
14%
9%
CAGR 2014-2018
Body-in-White demand in
thousand tonnes
Transport
4%
11%
Electrical
6%
CAGR
20%
Construction
6%
1 400
2 100
12%
51%
Total consumption
5%
Machinery & Equipment
5%
Consumer durables and other
5%
Packaging
Total consumption around 23 million tonnes
Source: CRU FRP quarterly August 2014, Rolled Products analysis
FRP - Flat rolled products
CAGR – Compound annual growth rate
4%
500
2014
2018
2022
Hydro’s aspiration for higher value creation
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• Continue improvements drive
• Capture commercial
opportunities
• Extend technology and
innovation lead
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• Further strengthen relative
industry position
• Turn leading HSE/CSR position
into competitive advantage
• Enhance market positions
and high-grade portfolio
• Deliver on fast-developing
customer demands
• Mature selective growth
projects for when time is right
• Capitalize on strong climate
position over time
Hydro improvement drive continues at full pace
‘Energy
Aspiration’
Total contribution from Hydro’s
improvement programs (excl. Sapa)
Sapa JV
‘JV program’
‘From B to A’
‘Climb’
‘USD 300
program’
* USD 300 from 2009
** Real 2014 terms
Realized improvement efforts is YTD Q314 annualized.
CCIP II
2011*-2014
2015-2016**
BNOK 3.7
BNOK 1.5
Alumina pricing on own fundamentals
Alumina price
Index spot price exposure
USD per mt
100%
Percent
500
20%
19%
450
18%
400
17%
350
16%
15%
300
14%
250
2015
Internal demand
2017
LME linked sales
2020
200
Aug-10
13%
Sep-11
Oct-12
Index exposure
Alumina
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Nov-13
% of LME
12%
Dec-14
Bigger: A solid platform for building an even stronger Hydro
Bauxite & Alumina
Energy
Primary Aluminium
Rolled Products
• Move beyond nameplate
• Mature captive growth
• Enhance position in
• Expand automotive capacity
capacity
• Further improve bauxite
positions
• Mature CAP project and
Paragominas expansion for
when time is right
opportunities
• Raise income potential
from market operations
• Leverage value from
Nordic power surplus
high-margin segments
• Realize 100,000 tonnes creep
in fully-owned smelters
• Extend technology lead with
Karmøy pilot plant
• Mature Qatalum 2 and Alouette
expansion for when time is right
* Includes recycling ambition in Primary Metal
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to 200,000 t/yr by end-2016
• Increase recycling of postconsumed scrap above
250,000 t/year*
• Build positions and lift
margins through technology
leadership and innovation
The industry’s most ambitious climate strategy: Carbon-neutral by 2020
Supported by the three pillars of Hydro’s technology strategy
Energy and
primary production
Reduce emissions,
increase efficiency
Aluminium in use
Maximize userphase benefits
‘End-of-life’
Increase recycling,
back to the loop
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Hydro 2015
Lifting performance and shareholder
value in tight physical markets
• Delivering on improvement programs
• Targeting high-margin markets and
maturing growth portfolio, while
maintaining tight capital discipline
• Increasing energy-efficiency and
lowering climate footprint
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