The August AMU survey reveals lead times lengthening for sheet but easing for billet and extrusions, with distributors, producers, manufacturers, and recyclers each reporting conditions shaped by their position in the value chain.
Parsing out conflicting construction data from the census, Dodge and other sources to see where the market may be headed.
Conflicting reads across census spending, backlog surveys, and Dodge planning data point to a construction market where commercial may be nearing a floor, infrastructure remains buoyed by long pipelines, and heavy industrial lags.
The widening gap between scrap costs and value-added premiums is making secondary aluminum casthouses look far more attractive - time for a rethink.
Private equity-backed moves by Fulton Asset Management and KPS Capital Partners highlight how consolidation is reshaping North American extrusion capacity, with strategies aimed squarely at construction and industrial end markets.
Part 1 of a deeper look at the expanded Section 232 tariffs on aluminum derivatives.
From Mount Pleasant to Sapulpa, the supply chain is shifting with implications for scrap flows.
Second quarter results from U.S. aluminum producers reveal a widespread reset in automotive demand, with shipment patterns diverging by product type, customer tier, and end-use sector.
The recertification, which is valid for three years, includes the company’s ingot casting, rolling of aluminum coils and strips, extrusion, fabrication and surface finishing, and the manufacturing of aluminum tubes.
Class 8 orders drop, trailer backlogs thin, but transportation spending sets a record.