Ball’s western re-entry and the regional can making pressures
Ball’s decision to build a new plant in Oregon revives its Western footprint, but it also highlights strain that has made can making difficult in the region.
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Ball v. Crown and the limits of design
A patent dispute between two aluminum can giants highlights that a can designed to minimize waste shouldn't be piling up in landfills.
Aluminerie Alouette’s Power Move: Aluminum supply chain under Hydro-Québec
Aluminerie Alouette's will invest $1.1 billion and secure a green power deal in a strategic bid for long-term stability.
Miles of wire, tons of signals: Prysmian’s cable deal to feed largest U.S. transmission line
Prysmian's latest cable contract may reshape the U.S. aluminum cable market.
Prysmian's Encore Wire breaks ground on TX facility expansion
Prysmian’s groundbreaking for a 650,000-square-foot medium-voltage cable facility on Encore Wire’s Texas campus marks a big development in the aluminum wire and cable sector.
Week in Review: Margin squeeze and mixed signals
From Fed signals to MWP shifts and deeper trade tensions, this week brought fresh momentum across aluminum markets.
Can the West catch up with China on aluminum smelter costs?
What’s possible, and what’s not, for aluminum producers outside China.
Parsing construction demand: What Oldcastle and Jeld-Wen closures reveal about the B & C market
Plant closures at Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope and Jeld-Wen are two sides of the same coin: indicators of softening demand in different slices of construction.
Tax incentive rollbacks could dent aluminum demand for solar sector
Solar remains one of the most aluminum-intensive growth markets in North America.
FERC rejects MISO proposals for breaking interconnection backlog
We are no closer to breaking the bottleneck of stranded generation seeking connection to the grid.