After rising steadily in the first half of the year as virus-containment measures curbed metals consumption, exchange stocks have since started to be drawn down. While this tallies with the robust recovery in China’s demand, we think that stocks are not telling the whole demand story. We estimate that there have been large rises in off-exchange stocks, which will be a factor weighing on prices over the next year.
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