Q2'25 auto sales: The sugar high quarter
Second quarter auto sales look strong on the surface, underpinned by a growing split between assembly and production.
Author: nicholasbell
Miles of wire, tons of signals: Prysmian’s cable deal to feed largest U.S. transmission line
Prysmian's latest cable contract may reshape the U.S. aluminum cable market.
Casting a wider net: Cascade Die Casting to expand North Carolina site
Casting capacity expands right in the heart of a key OEM supply chain.
Can scrap justify trading at a premium to primary metal?
As premiums on primary climb and low-carbon goals reshape buying, does the math - or melt loss - back up scrap trading above the cost of metal?
Prysmian's Encore Wire breaks ground on TX facility expansion
Prysmian’s groundbreaking for a 650,000-square-foot medium-voltage cable facility on Encore Wire’s Texas campus marks a big development in the aluminum wire and cable sector.
Rules of retaliation: Canada tightens trade policy on tariff tensions
Canada's new trade rules may be retaliation, but it's also starting to look like long-term industrial strategy.
Parsing construction demand: What Oldcastle and Jeld-Wen closures reveal about the B & C market
Plant closures at Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope and Jeld-Wen are two sides of the same coin: indicators of softening demand in different slices of construction.
Tax incentive rollbacks could dent aluminum demand for solar sector
Solar remains one of the most aluminum-intensive growth markets in North America.
The afterlife of aerospace aluminum: Constellium and TARMAC’s flight path to circularity
Aluminum recycling in aerospace has long been an uphill battle, but a new Constellium-TARMAC Aerosave partnership could reshape how scrap is consumed and controlled across regions.
What you might’ve missed: Premiums, psychology, and pricing math
Didn’t catch the live webinar? We broke down where these numbers come from and its implications for scrap players and semi-fabricated producers.