Category: Global Trade

Novelis temporarily halted operations at its Georgia recycling and casting plant following a March 1 equipment explosion. No reported injuries.

A potential Strait of Hormuz disruption threatens Gulf aluminum exports at a time of tight US and European supply conditions.

Based on our experience of watching previous conflicts, we believe investors tend to have a rather dispassionate view of conflagrations as long as there is no potential impact on oil flows. Although some oil producers have voluntarily curbed shipments through the Gulf, they might resume them once things settle down.

A look at Alcoa's idled US smelter and refinery sites shows how electricity economics and capital discipline are reshaping industrial redevelopment toward data center infrastructure.

US Customs and Border Protection concluded the first of two scheduled auctions of seized extruded aluminum pallets on Feb. 19.

Alcoa Corp. plans sell 10 of its closed or curtailed sites to one of the aluminum industry's biggest competitors for electricity: the data center industry.

Century Aluminum and Emirates Global Aluminium signed a downstream agreement with U.S. Aluminum Company tied to the planned Oklahoma smelter.

February survey results show extending lead times, rising undersupply expectations, and firmer perceptions of import competitiveness.

Executives said the company was not materially exposed to changes in the prices of primary aluminum since it operates a pass-through business model. But other metal costs have come into play.

Century Aluminum posted lower fourth-quarter shipments due to an Iceland outage, while outlining Mt. Holly restart progress, Oklahoma developments and a 2026 shipment reduction.