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.
Tag: Logistics
Q2 tariff headwinds blow Alcoa inland
Alcoa's Q2 earnings reveals a company increasingly tethered to North America, just as the world looks to reduce exposure to U.S. trade risk.
What you might’ve missed: Premiums, psychology, and pricing math
Didn’t catch the live webinar? We broke down where these numbers come from and its implications for scrap players and semi-fabricated producers.
Squeezed in the middle: What downstream buyers need to watch now
This is the new aluminum market: policy-led, premium-driven, and full of uncertainty. If you're not actively watching the signals, you're likely reacting to moves after they've already happened.
AMU PATH Fireside Chat: Bottlenecks and backchannels in the freight market
The kickoff session of Aluminum Market Update's fireside chat tackled the turbulence facing the freight market in an increasingly protectionist environment.
Boxed out: U.S. tariffs upend supply chains
Container routes are collapsing, and tariffs are tightening, cross-Pacific trade is in flux, and aluminum exporters and North American Manufacturers are feeling it from both ends.
Tariffs are easy to announce, hard to track
Inside the CBP system behind aluminum tariff enforcement and the logistical nightmare it could soon become.
Week in review: Tariffs, Panama Canal and the Far East
Since Inauguration Day, people in the industry had a lot say…and we listened! Below are the key takeaways from what people in the industry, upstream and downstream, had to say this week. Trump’s Proposed Tariffs Timing and Process Industry and Market Outlook Broader Economic and Geopolitical Insights Economics highlights New home sales Monday, Jan. 27 […]
Container Freight Conditions for 2025
Challenges to Both Importers and Exporters