Plugging the leaks, Part 1: How aluminum trade groups are closing gaps in Section 232
The first installment explores how trade groups representing extruders and die casters are pressing to expand Section 232’s coverage.
Category: Transportation
Boeing brings in replacements as Missouri strike continues
About 3,200 employees represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837 have been on strike since Aug. 4.
As Oswego outage continues, auto and beverage supply seek alternatives
Novelis has declared force majeure on automotive, beverage and container stock shipments.
Freight: Aluminum's canary in the coal mine
Freight data - especially truck movements - remains flat year over year, underscoring its role as a leading indicator of commodity demand and an early signal for aluminum's dependence on final-mile delivery.
AMU Survey: Stability on the surface, fractures beneath
September's survey shows stability, but a closer look reveals diverging conditions: scrap recyclers facing oversupply, semi-fabricators holding ground, and softer price expectations on Midwest premiums and UBCs.
Arconic doubles high-purity output at Davenport
Arconic's Davenport expansion has doubled its high-purity aluminum capacity, a development that fills part of the void left by Century's idled Hawesville smelter and an opaque import market.
Quantifying Oswego's interruption for the auto industry
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.
Boeing, striking workers still at standoff over contract
Striking workers at Boeing Defense in Missouri issued a rebuttal to the company’s dismissal of the union’s ratified proposal last week.
Shippers oppose Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern deal
Meanwhile, the nation’s largest rail union said they supported the tie-up between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern once Union Pacific agreed to secure union jobs.
Honda opens Ohio pilot plant as Europe tightens end-of-life vehicle rules
Honda's Ohio Resource Circularity Center marks the first automaker-led EOL vehicle recycling facility in the U.S., contrasting with EU initiatives driven by rules to discourage zorba and twitch in favor of alloy-specific recovery.