Linamar's Welland gigacasting project highlights Tier 1 risk in a weakening EV market
Linamar's Welland gigacasting project illustrates how shifting EV demand and policy changes can expose Tier 1 suppliers to investment timing risk.
Category: Growth Markets
Hyundai Translead to build first US trailer plants as duty investigations move forward
Hyundai Translead plans its first US trailer plants as production declines and trade cases on imports and tariffs move forward.
Auto supplier to redevelop former Alabama steel mill site
The facility will make aluminum and plastic components for US automakers.
Steel Dynamics issues Q1'26 guidance, flags aluminum ramp and higher working capital
Steel Dynamics issued first-quarter 2026 guidance, citing higher working capital tied to its aluminum ramp as the segment begins generating EBITDA.
Novelis award highlights broader challenge of recycling automotive aluminum back into sheet
Novelis’ award-winning recycled automotive sheet illustrates a broader industry challenge: returning end-of-life vehicle aluminum scrap back into high-grade sheet production.
Rio Tinto-Prysmian aluminum rod deal highlights tight North American redraw rod market
Rio Tinto's aluminum supply agreement with Prysmian highlights tightening redraw rod availability in North America as tariffs, smelter closures and cable demand reshape supply.
Pace expands plant closures, removing die-casting capacity from US network
Pace Industries plans to close two die-casting plants in Muskegon, Michigan, following the news of the planned closure of its Harrison, Arkansas plant, further reducing its US casting footprint.
Oklahoma smelter advances with power deal but energy prices are still tricky
The Oklahoma aluminum smelter project backed by Emirates Global Aluminium and Century Aluminum appears to be advancing toward a power deal, though elevated electricity costs and high Midwest premiums continue to complicate the economics.
UPDATE: Novelis restarts casting operations at Greensboro plant after March 1 explosion
Novelis has restarted casting operations at its Greensboro, Georgia, recycling facility after a March 1 explosion temporarily halted production.
Pace closes Harrison die casting plant, removing source of casting capacity and scrap
The closure of Pace Industries' Harrison, Arkansas, die casting plant removes production capacity and a source of aluminum scrap streams typically generated by die casting operations.