Category: Pulse

Ball Corp. has named Ronald Lewis as CEO and a member of the board of directors, effective immediately.

Contract talks for U.S. value-added aluminum products are reaching a critical stage, with billet, primary foundry alloys, and wire rod upcharges diverging as buyers and producers race to finalized 2026 pricing.

Current leadership is sticking to a conservative approach that optimizes its existing portfolio, while steadily improving the balance sheet.

Century Aluminum's shipments declined in Q3'25, but stronger lagged prices and tariffs position the company for a near-term earnings recovery.

The Millersburg site will add a production facility to Ball’s Pacific Northwest portfolio, just over a year after the company shuttered its can manufacturing plant in Kent, Washington.

The latest International Aluminium Institute data for September show global production

Higher aluminum prices and delivery premiums lifted Novelis' revenue, but shipment softness and elevated conversion costs left North American earnings sharply lower.

Join AMU for a special webinar with Shapiro Metals CEO Bruce Shapiro on Thursday, Nov. 6, at 11 am ET. The live webinar will be free for all to attend. A recording will be available only to AMU and SMU subscribers. You can register here. Shapiro Metals started in 1904 with Bruce’s grandfather, who worked as a “junk peddler.” […]

The company cited, among other things, scrap purchases, tariff mitigations and the ramp-up of its plant in Switzerland.

Expectations for UBC scrap prices remained stable in October. What shifted was the composition of the remainder.