June survey responses showed scrap market participants becoming more cautious on premiums, scrap availability and exports, while downstream demand indicators remained comparatively firmer.
AMU's June survey showed weaker demand, fewer extending lead times and less inventory building, though respondents largely stopped short of forecasting an oversupplied market.
Steel Dynamics will relocate a planned Arizona recycled aluminum slab casting center to Mississippi after citing risks tied to differences with Arizona officials and recording a $16 million write-down.
Canovation this month announced a collaboration with Canpack, a global packaging manufacturer, to help bring its CanReseal technology toward commercialization and pilot-scale deployment.
The agreement covers about 965 employees at Warrick Operations in Indiana and Massena Operations in New York.
Novelis Inc.’s hot mill in Oswego, New York, is back online after fires in 2025 damaged the facility.
CRU's May outlook reduced 2026 growth expectations for several aluminum product categories, while its largest long-term forecast revision occurred in rolled products.
The labor contract covers workers at Alcoa's smelters in Massena, N.Y., and Warrick, Ind.
Trade data shows Chinese beverage can sheet imports more than doubled from January through most of May despite tariffs, higher conversion fees, expanding domestic capacity and a weaker US dollar.
The contract covers roughly 3,400 workers in Davenport, Iowa; Alcoa, Tenn.; Lafayette, Ind.; and Massena, N.Y.