Holiday Notice: Thanksgiving
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Category: Pulse
Aluminum Market Chatter: scrap export bans, US primary supply and more
Aluminum Market Chatter from survey respondents.
AMU Community Chat: Meir on the Midwest premium, tariffs, and the 2026 outlook
Meir spoke last week during an AMU Community Chat on a wide range of topics affecting the aluminum market.
Join an AMU Community Chat With Cauvin Metals Director Massimo Grifone
Massimo Grifone, director of Cauvin Metals, will be the featured speaker on the next Aluminum Market Update Community Chat on Thursday, Dec. 4. The live webinar is free for anyone to attend.
GE Appliances awards contract to RCM Industries for Louisville project
RCM Industries is a family-owned manufacturer of aluminum high-pressure die castings.
EU scrap export concerns marginal for US can sheet markets
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.
Update: Novelis' Oswego plant partly reopens after most recent fire
Novelis Oswego plant in upstate New York has partly reopened after another fire broke out on Nov. 20.
AMU Webinar: The Supreme Court tariff case and reshoring aluminum production
Robert DeFrancesco and Alan Price, trade attorneys with Wiley Law, discussed the impact tariffs have had on steel and aluminum markets, and what could happen if they are changed or repealed.
Join AMU, SMU, and Edward Meir for a Community Chat webinar on Thursday!
Edward Meir will be the featured speaker on an AMU and SMU Community Chat on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 11 am ET to discuss the latest market developments and to share his unique insights.
Daily alumina production dropped in most regions, IAI reports
Alumina is the biggest cost to an aluminum smelter, closely followed by power.