Category: Global Trade

There’s a lot of news to keep track of, so we’re lending a hand with highlights from the past month and what they mean for you.

Scrap discounts remain exceptionally wide to the Midwest transaction price. Some seasonal tightness may occur, but still affords rolling mills and extruders excellent earnings potential.

November's AMU survey shows broad easing in aluminum lead times across sheet and extrusion products, contrasted by a modest uptick in P1020 that illustrates the split between contract-anchored primary markets and the more dynamic semi-fabricated segment.

AMU Explainer is a series where we demystify parts of the aluminum industry.

Sortera uses proprietary technology equipped with AI-enabled multi-sensor sorting systems with blending capabilities to better sort and upcycle scrap

The outcome of the investigation by the DOC and ITC would shape the competitive landscape and the structure of the US trailer supply chain for years to come.

Aluminum Market Chatter from survey respondents.

Meir spoke last week during an AMU Community Chat on a wide range of topics affecting the aluminum market.

The EU's preparatory work on possible aluminum scrap export restrictions provides the starting point for examining why current European scrap flows to the US remain too small to materially affect either region's can sheet market.

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