Category: Global Trade

March reached the highest level imports for the year so far at 426,911 metric tons, a spike of 47.5 % compared to a same month last year, according to the ITA.

A court found in favor of Kaiser Aluminum in a lawsuit in which the aluminum producer sued U.S. Magnesium over a breach of contract.

Would a 25% tariff be a win for Canada?

The lack of progress on aluminum concessions is frustrating to people on both sides of the border given the precedent of concessions in crude oil and potash.

GE Appliances' new $3 billion U.S. investment is set to add thousands of tons of aluminum die-casting demand from washers, dryers, and refrigerators back into domestic production.

The U.S. scrap market is sitting on a significant opportunity in UBC and zorba recovery, but without structural change and serious private-public investment, that potential will keep slipping through our fingers.

Join AMU experts Greg Wittbecker and Nicholas Bell on Aug. 21 at 11 a.m. ET as they explore the potential impact of looming scrap export restrictions.

Novelis' Q2 results show how a split in end-market demand, firm scrap costs, and new capacity on the horizon are tightening margins in the North American flat-rolled market.

With Century's Mt. Holly coming back online, the real question is whether other idled U.S. smelter capacity have any realistic path to restart.

As calls to restrict scrap exports grow louder, the real question is whether heavy-handed policy can outdo the market's own price signals.