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Sudarshan Bhandari

India Equity Analyst - Fundamental & Thematic

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Thematic (Sector/Industry)

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<li>LME aluminium hit 4-year high near $3,670/t in April 2026, driven by West Asia smelter damage and the Strait of Hormuz blockade. Indian Producers are direct beneficiaries of Supply Shock.</li>
<li>All three Indian Producers rallied near Lifetime High. Nalco, Hindalco, and Vedanta posted all-time high profits but valuations have run well above 5-year averages</li>
<li>More a stock-picker's market now than a rising-tide trade. Vedanta's demerger, Nalco's expansion and Hindalco's downstream mix are the real differentiators,</li>
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LME aluminium hit 4-year high near $3,670/t in April 2026, driven by West Asia smelter damage and the Strait of Hormuz blockade. Indian Producers are direct beneficiaries of Supply Shock.
All three Indian Producers rallied near Lifetime High. Nalco, Hindalco, and Vedanta posted all-time high profits but valuations have run well above 5-year averages
More a stock-picker's market now than a rising-tide trade. Vedanta's demerger, Nalco's expansion and Hindalco's downstream mix are the real differentiators,


3 Indian Aluminium Companies that Will Benefit from Supply Shock!

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<li>The Iran-Israel conflict has crippled Gulf aluminium smelters, blocked 5.14 mn tonnes of annual exports through the Strait of Hormuz &amp; sent LME aluminium to a 4-year high above $3,665/tonne </li>
<li>India's domestic can capacity runs 20%+ below demand and beverage majors face potential shortfall, when 120 –130 mn units went unmet state governments faced 1,300 crore in lost excise revenue.</li>
<li>This is simultaneously a near-term supply crunch and structural inflection: India's beverage packaging industry must accelerate domestic capacity investment or it will remain hostage to geopolitical shocks every peak season</li>
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The Iran-Israel conflict has crippled Gulf aluminium smelters, blocked 5.14 mn tonnes of annual exports through the Strait of Hormuz &amp; sent LME aluminium to a 4-year high above $3,665/tonne 
India's domestic can capacity runs 20%+ below demand and beverage majors face potential shortfall, when 120 –130 mn units went unmet state governments faced 1,300 crore in lost excise revenue.
This is simultaneously a near-term supply crunch and structural inflection: India's beverage packaging industry must accelerate domestic capacity investment or it will remain hostage to geopolitical shocks every peak season


How the Iran War Disrupted India’s Summer Drinks Supply?

Global Materials | Industrials | Commodities

Rahul Jain

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<li>Precious and energy-transition metals lead as structural scarcity, central-bank demand, and electrification support gold, silver, copper, aluminium, zinc, and rare earths into 2026.</li>
<li>Bulks and hydrocarbons lag with weak China demand, oversupply, and compressed margins across iron ore, nickel, steel, coal, and crude, keeping the segment firmly underweight.</li>
<li>Top Asia exposures include Zijin, Korea Zinc, Hindustan Zinc, Vedanta, CMOC, JXAM, SMM, Mitsui, Jiangxi Copper, NALCO, Hongqiao, Hindalco, Shenghe, and CNRE.</li>
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Precious and energy-transition metals lead as structural scarcity, central-bank demand, and electrification support gold, silver, copper, aluminium, zinc, and rare earths into 2026.
Bulks and hydrocarbons lag with weak China demand, oversupply, and compressed margins across iron ore, nickel, steel, coal, and crude, keeping the segment firmly underweight.
Top Asia exposures include Zijin, Korea Zinc, Hindustan Zinc, Vedanta, CMOC, JXAM, SMM, Mitsui, Jiangxi Copper, NALCO, Hongqiao, Hindalco, Shenghe, and CNRE.


Asia Metals Outlook 2026: Scarcity Favours Gold, Copper, Aluminium

Market & Forensics Analyst, Beat the Street

Nimish Maheshwari

Market & Forensics Analyst

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<li>The aluminum market is experiencing tight supply, rising premiums, and increasing demand driven by infrastructure and clean energy projects. LME prices have surged 7-8%, indicating a structural shift.</li>
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Higher aluminum prices and regional premiums are positively impacting earnings. Key producers like Hindalco are benefiting from strong operations, cost efficiencies, and favorable market conditions.</li>
<li>Sustained supply constraints and rising premiums, especially from China’s cuts, are expected to drive LME prices higher, ensuring robust growth for Hindalco in the medium term.</li>
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The aluminum market is experiencing tight supply, rising premiums, and increasing demand driven by infrastructure and clean energy projects. LME prices have surged 7-8%, indicating a structural shift.

Higher aluminum prices and regional premiums are positively impacting earnings. Key producers like Hindalco are benefiting from strong operations, cost efficiencies, and favorable market conditions.
Sustained supply constraints and rising premiums, especially from China’s cuts, are expected to drive LME prices higher, ensuring robust growth for Hindalco in the medium term.


Thematic Report: Aluminum's Growth Story- Investing in the Future of Essential Metals

Technical Analyst, Vermilion Research

Joe Jasper

Technical Analyst

Technical and Quantitative Research

Vermilion Research

Vermilion’s objective is to deliver timely, actionable, and unique technical research to professional investors through the application of our various technical indicators.

Our research strategists seek to highlight securities which we believe are at major inflection points, based on our various technical and quantitative indicators, and offer asymmetric risk/return profiles. Our unique research methodology, centered on relative strength, enables our strategists to deliver superior investment recommendations.

Our process begins by organizing the universe of actively traded stocks into discrete sectors, then into industry groups. We then apply our technical and quantitative tools to identify developing price trends. Once attractive trends are identified within a selected sector or group, we screen for individual stocks which we believe offer the best risk/reward profile. We provide a historical perspective that often reveals, through our long-term charts, how price patterns often repeat themselves over time.

Technical Analysis

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<li>We remain near-term bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, and our intermediate-term outlook remains bullish as well (as of our 5/14/25 Compass), with Int’l Compass reports all echoing this sentiment.</li>
<li>China (Shanghai Composite) has been a major focus ever since our July 3 report titled "China and Japan Breaking Out," and it's pulling back toward 10-year base support at 3675-3725;buy.</li>
<li>Japan's TOPIX and TOPIX Small indexes remain bullish (BUY), but RS remains below multi-month resistances; we would upgrade Japan to overweight on RS breakouts.</li>
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We remain near-term bullish since our 4/22/25 Compass, and our intermediate-term outlook remains bullish as well (as of our 5/14/25 Compass), with Int’l Compass reports all echoing this sentiment.
China (Shanghai Composite) has been a major focus ever since our July 3 report titled "China and Japan Breaking Out," and it's pulling back toward 10-year base support at 3675-3725;buy.
Japan's TOPIX and TOPIX Small indexes remain bullish (BUY), but RS remains below multi-month resistances; we would upgrade Japan to overweight on RS breakouts.


Buys in Japan and Europe; China Pulling Back -- Buy; MSCI ACWI Uptrend Intact

India

Hindalco Industries Limited is an Indian aluminium and copper manufacturing company, and a subsidiary of the Aditya Birla Group. It is a major producer of primary aluminium, flat-rolled products, extrusions, and foils, and also manufactures copper cathodes and continuous cast copper rods. The company is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, and was founded in 1958.

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3 Indian Aluminium Companies that Will Benefit from Supply Shock!

LME aluminium hits 4-year high due to supply shock in West Asia, benefiting Indian producers like Nalco, Hindalco, and Vedanta. Stock-pickers...

Sudarshan Bhandari

How the Iran War Disrupted India’s Summer Drinks Supply?

Iran-Israel conflict disrupts Gulf aluminium exports, LME prices soar. India faces can shortage, lost revenue, must invest in domestic capacity to...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Asia Metals Outlook 2026: Scarcity Favours Gold, Copper, Aluminium

Precious and energy-transition metals set to outperform bulks and hydrocarbons through 2026, with top Asia exposures including Zijin, Korea Zinc,...

Rahul Jain

Thematic Report: Aluminum's Growth Story- Investing in the Future of Essential Metals

Aluminum market sees tight supply, rising premiums, and increasing demand, driving up prices and benefiting key producers like Hindalco.

Nimish Maheshwari

Buys in Japan and Europe; China Pulling Back -- Buy; MSCI ACWI Uptrend Intact

Buys in Japan and Europe; China's Shanghai Composite Pulling Back to 10-year Base Support -- Buy; MSCI $ACWI Uptrend Intact. Actionable Themes:...

Vermilion Research

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3 Indian Aluminium Companies that Will Benefit from Supply Shock!

​LME aluminium hits 4-year high due to supply shock in West Asia, benefiting Indian producers like Nalco, Hindalco, and Vedanta. Stock-pickers...

Sudarshan Bhandari

How the Iran War Disrupted India’s Summer Drinks Supply?

​Iran-Israel conflict disrupts Gulf aluminium exports, LME prices soar. India faces can shortage, lost revenue, must invest in domestic capacity to...

Sudarshan Bhandari

Asia Metals Outlook 2026: Scarcity Favours Gold, Copper, Aluminium

​Precious and energy-transition metals set to outperform bulks and hydrocarbons through 2026, with top Asia exposures including Zijin, Korea Zinc,...

Rahul Jain

Thematic Report: Aluminum's Growth Story- Investing in the Future of Essential Metals

​Aluminum market sees tight supply, rising premiums, and increasing demand, driving up prices and benefiting key producers like Hindalco.

Nimish Maheshwari

Buys in Japan and Europe; China Pulling Back -- Buy; MSCI ACWI Uptrend Intact

Buys in Japan and Europe; China's Shanghai Composite Pulling Back to 10-year Base Support -- Buy; MSCI $ACWI Uptrend Intact. Actionable Themes:...

Vermilion Research

LME aluminium hits 4-year high due to supply shock in West Asia, benefiting Indian producers like Nalco, Hindalco, and Vedanta. Stock-pickers...

Iran-Israel conflict disrupts Gulf aluminium exports, LME prices soar. India faces can shortage, lost revenue, must invest in domestic capacity to...

Precious and energy-transition metals set to outperform bulks and hydrocarbons through 2026, with top Asia exposures including Zijin, Korea Zinc,...

Aluminum market sees tight supply, rising premiums, and increasing demand, driving up prices and benefiting key producers like Hindalco.