Abstract
World output of aluminium rolled products is currently running at about 5·5 Mt (steel equivalent 15·9 Mt) valued at about £2500 million. The market has been growing at about 9%/y compound. In the UK, however, the rate ofgrowth has been only 4%. Packaging is generally the largest and fastest growing market for aluminium rolled products. Other leading outlets are transport, building, and holloware. During the remainder of the 1970s the rate of growth of the market is expected to be slightly lower than in the past. However, it will still be relatively rapid and output is expected to approach 9 Mt (steel equivalent over 25 Mt) by 1980.
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