Category: Trade Policy and Tariffs

The first installment explores how trade groups representing extruders and die casters are pressing to expand Section 232’s coverage.

More liberal access to the Northwest Passage could play into trade negotiations between Canada and the United States.

Could a proposed bail-out of farms hurt by tariffs present an opportunity to change how the government chooses to support steel and aluminum?

Century Aluminum makes another step toward restarting idle capacity at Mt. Holly in South Carolina.

Novelis has declared force majeure on automotive, beverage and container stock shipments.

Indonesia is grabbling a lot of attention these days, thanks to ambitious plans by Chinese investors to bet big on aluminum smelting. This is not the first time that Indonesia has captured the attention of the aluminum industry.

As billet upcharges mount, scrap spreads stay wide, and talk of an export ban rattles recyclers, the aluminum industry heads into 2026 facing some of the toughest cost and supply negotiations yet.

Broadly speaking, the OECD is more positive on growth than what one might have thought.

Novelis' Oswego mill fire has sidelined the largest producer of automotive body and structural sheet in North America, disrupting a closed-loop scrap system and removing over half of regional BIW/closures sheet supply, with limited options for domestic backfill and costly import alternatives.

Public comments are open on the USMCA to offer feedback on how the agreement is functioning.