Aluminum Extruders Council annual meeting highlights
Extruders flagged mounting Gulf supply risks, tight US inventories, and a shift toward scrap-driven billet economics.
Category: Recycled Metals
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.
What stranded Persian Gulf shipments mean for the US market
These producers are not rookies. They understand how to manage the long supply chains from the Gulf into the US.
Join AMU for a Community Chat on Wednesday with SA Recycling CEO George Adams
Join SMU and AMU for a Community Chat on Wednesday, March 11, at 11 a.m. ET with George Adams, CEO of SA Recycling.
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.
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.
What could rebalance the US scrap market?
Cheap aluminum scrap has not triggered widespread buying due to saturated demand, chemistry limits, and limited processing capacity.
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.
Arconic plans $131M casting complex at Davenport Works
Arconic will construct a $131 million aluminum casting complex at its Davenport Works campus in Iowa, expanding ingot capacity with first metal targeted for Q3'27.
Novelis temporarily shuts down Greensboro facility after equipment explosion
Novelis temporarily halted operations at its Georgia recycling and casting plant following a March 1 equipment explosion. No reported injuries.