Category: Global Policies and Standards

AMU contributors Greg Wittbecker and Edward Meir spoke on a wide range of topics during a Community Chat on Thursday, Jan. 22.

The move comes as pressure is increasing to keep scrap at home but US tariff exemptions have made exports more appealing.

Rising global capital and power costs, driven by China's production cap and higher-cost expansion in Indonesia, are structurally resetting aluminum's incentive price, making higher LME levels necessary to unlock new primary capacity outside China.

“The global economy as we knew it for many years has gone and we have this sort of selective global economy – markets into markets.”

Hoover Treated Wood Products is entering the aluminum-cladding market through its acquisition of Arconic's AAP LLC operation in Eastman, Ga., adding ACM production to its portfolio while Arconic retains its Kawneer building-system assets.

Massimo Grifone, commercial director of Cauvin Metals, will be the featured speaker on the next Aluminum Market Update (AMU) Community Chat webinar.

AMU spoke with Ingrid Joerg about her experience and her vision for Constellium, the Paris-based aluminum company with operations in Europe, North America and Asia.

Massimo Grifone, director of Cauvin Metals, will be the featured speaker on the next Aluminum Market Update Community Chat on Thursday, Dec. 4. The live webinar is free for anyone to attend.

This piece examines how U.S. and EU tariff structures are encouraging new forms of arbitrage and potential circumvention.

Elysis announced the start-up of its new technology at a Rio Tinto smelter, which it said is the next step in the transition toward large-scale, low-carbon aluminum production