A June 1 proclamation expanded the list of equipment products eligible for temporary 15% Section 232 tariff treatment and established an 85% domestic content threshold for products eligible for a 10% rate.
Trade data shows Chinese beverage can sheet imports more than doubled from January through most of May despite tariffs, higher conversion fees, expanding domestic capacity and a weaker US dollar.
AMU's May survey results showed higher obsolete scrap availability as respondents continued reporting elevated freight costs and UBC price expectations moderated.
Demand totaled an estimated 26.65 billion pounds in 2025, a year marked by an ever-shifting tariff environment, the association said.
CRU’s Ross Strachan and Paul Williams outline at the CRU World Aluminium Summit 2026 how GCC disruptions are tightening billet, slab and foundry alloy supply more sharply than primary aluminum availability, increasing pressure across downstream manufacturing markets.
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the US should pursue separate, bilateral trade negotiations with Canada and Mexico instead of renewing the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).
Anton Posner, CEO of Mercury Resources, will join Steel Market Update (SMU) and Aluminum Market Update (AMU) for a Community Chat on Thursday, May 14, at 11 am ET.
Century Aluminum CEO Jesse Gary said his company could start up its new smelter in Oklahoma ahead of schedule if the permitting process moved more quickly.
Century Aluminum restarted a potline at its Iceland smelter after an outage, though the move is unlikely to directly affect North American supply.
First-quarter earnings show aluminum markets identifying supply risk across value-added products, but not yet experiencing measurable disruption.