Category: Pulse

Gränges' 2025 results show rising shipments and revenue, but late-year profit concentration driven by product mix, pricing pass-through and utilization effects.

January's AMU survey shows stabilizing lead times with growing product-level and role-based divergence, alongside a notable shift in perceptions of import competitiveness.

Early-2026 rail freight data show bulk commodities driving volume gains while primary metals, lumber and vehicle shipments lag, highlighting uneven demand signals across North American industrial markets.

AMU contributors Greg Wittbecker and Edward Meir spoke on a wide range of topics during a Community Chat on Thursday, Jan. 22.

January AMU survey results show firmer Midwest premium expectations, stabilizing UBC outlooks, and a split between recycler responses and those of producers, manufacturers, and traders.

“There's absolutely no doubt that aluminum will be a growth platform for us going forward,” said Mark Millett, co-founder, chairman & CEO of the Indiana-based steelmaker.

“Both parties will now solely focus their greenfield development efforts in the United States on the Inola, Okla., site,” the companies said in a press release.

A weekly review of global political developments, market volatility and key macroeconomic data shaping equities, commodities, energy and trade heading into the week of Jan. 26.

The smelter is expected to be fully ramped up by end of the year, the mining company said.

Alcoa's full-year 2025 results show higher aluminum production yet lower shipments as the company outlines its 2026 outlook and capital posture.