From the front lines to the furnace: Aluminum’s role in American resilience
Memorial Day gives us a moment to reflect on the materials and industries that have supported American strength.
Author: nicholasbell
Recycled metal exports bans - An idea that masks the problem
Domestic increases in mill capacity and a struggling recycling rate, amid China's relaxed UBC scrap import policy, fail to make the case for banning US exports.
Rio Tinto’s power move: Building to last and green aluminum’s infrastructure
Rio Tinto is embarking on a major upgrade of the nearly century-old Isle-Maligne hydroelectric station in Quebec, preserving one of the lowest-cost smelting footprints in the world.
Container bookings and prices surge
Average bookings for the seven days ended on May 14th skyrocketed, which could cause bottlenecks, as containers getting stripped and shipped from the Los Angeles/Long Beach ports
The new math of Trump's auto tariffs
The purpose of the tapered tariff reduction is to allow time to readjust supply lines or onshore manufacturing to the U.S., a phaseout that incentivizes shifts in components production.
Muscle Shoals shuffle: Constellium's scrap strategy
The company noted improvements in North American scrap margins, but the details demand a closer read.
April survey says things are steady, but the market’s telling a different story
April's survey paints a picture of a market holding steady, but it's far from smooth sailing.
Cross-border castings: Hydro and Nemak rethink scrap to power low-carbon cars
Aluminum producer Norsk Hydro and automotive casting manufacturer Nemak agreement focuses on expanding the use of post-consumer scrap and shifting to lower-carbon energy sources.