Contributor: Stephanie Ritenbaugh

The move comes as pressure is increasing to keep scrap at home but US tariff exemptions have made exports more appealing.

Atalco is getting a $450 million infusion to expand production in Louisiana

The most recent blaze in November damaged the hot mill's finishing mill, which is highly specialized.

There’s a lot of news to keep track of, so we’re lending a hand with highlights from the past month and what they mean for you.

The changes are happening months after recent fires took parts of the facility offline.

Timna Tanners, Wells Fargo managing director, spoke about tariffs, supply and demand and the outlook for 2026 during a joint Community Chat hosted by AMU and its sister publication Steel Market Update.

“The global economy as we knew it for many years has gone and we have this sort of selective global economy – markets into markets.”

The organization is urging the US government to use the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement to stop unfairly subsidized Chinese aluminum from entering the market.

There’s a lot of news to keep track of, so we’re lending a hand with highlights from the past month and what they mean for you.

AMU spoke with Ingrid Joerg about her experience and her vision for Constellium, the Paris-based aluminum company with operations in Europe, North America and Asia.