Auto market check in: Production uneven despite stronger late sales
Government data show first-half automotive production remained concentrated in light trucks, while passenger car output, inventories and import flows followed a different path.
Category: Transportation
Toyota to shift Tacoma production back to Texas as USMCA review continues
Toyota's $3.6 billion San Antonio expansion will shift Tacoma production from Baja California, Mexico to Texas as USMCA talks continue.
Constellium sells China auto JV
The Constellium Engley (Changchun) Automotive Structures facility produces aluminum crash management systems and other structural components for the Chinese automotive market
EGA advances Al Taweelah restart
EGA reported progress restoring its Al Taweelah complex while US import data highlighted changing aluminum trade flows following the regional conflict.
ENKEI America to close Jacksonville aluminum wheel facility
ENKEI America will permanently close its Jacksonville, Florida, aluminum wheel manufacturing facility, ending operations at a site with aluminum melting, remelting, casting and machining assets.
AMU June survey: Expansionary signals retreat, balance outlook holds
AMU's June survey showed weaker demand, fewer extending lead times and less inventory building, though respondents largely stopped short of forecasting an oversupplied market.
Steel Dynamics relocates Arizona recycled slab project, records $16 million write-down
Steel Dynamics will relocate a planned Arizona recycled aluminum slab casting center to Mississippi after citing risks tied to differences with Arizona officials and recording a $16 million write-down.
USW ratifies labor deal with Alcoa
The agreement covers about 965 employees at Warrick Operations in Indiana and Massena Operations in New York.
Commerce issues preliminary trailer duty determinations, ends Canada subsidy case
Commerce issued preliminary duty determinations on van-type trailer imports from China and Mexico while terminating the Canadian subsidy investigation and advancing the remaining trade cases toward a final decision.
Novelis restarts Oswego hot mill
Novelis Inc.’s hot mill in Oswego, New York, is back online after fires in 2025 damaged the facility.