AMU Community Chat: LME and Midwest premium highs and tariff fatigue

The London Metal Exchange (LME) is soaring into the $3000s, with some analysts predicting prices could reach $4,000 this year.

Factoring into those highs are issues such as China’s production cap being tested and strong prices for metals like copper, which supports substitution opportunities for aluminum, according to aluminum experts and AMU contributors Greg Wittbecker and Edward Meir. Wittbecker and Meir spoke on a wide range of topics during a Community Chat on Thursday, Jan. 22. A recording is available for subscribers here.

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LME
Midwest premium
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Smelter
Tariffs

Stephanie Ritenbaugh

Stephanie is an experienced business journalist, holding a variety of positions for trade publications and newspapers, including covering shale development for Gas Business Briefing/Platts and for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.