Boeing brings in replacements as Missouri strike continues
About 3,200 employees represented by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 837 have been on strike since Aug. 4.
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Cracking the code on affordable electricity for smelting
Debates are underway on how to get more supply to electric grids
Boeing, striking workers still at standoff over contract
Striking workers at Boeing Defense in Missouri issued a rebuttal to the company’s dismissal of the union’s ratified proposal last week.
Quarterly tariff cycle: Section 232 inclusions reopen... again
Section 232's recurring inclusions, layered alongside overlapping and contested tariff regimes, have turned aluminum trade policy into a rolling mechanism that boosts GDP on paper, stokes inflation in practice, and leaves buyers navigating uncertainty as the only constant.
Market sector deep dive: Solar
An in-depth look at how solar installations shape aluminum demand and U.S. market dynamics amid growing domestic capacity and the rising panel imports in the run-up to tariffs.
AMU Survey: Lead times split by product group
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.
Crosscurrents in non-residential construction Part 2: Dodge data
Parsing out conflicting construction data from the census, Dodge and other sources to see where the market may be headed.
Crosscurrents in non-residential construction Part 1: Spending, billings, backlog
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.
Fulton acquires AFCO as Metra builds cross-border extrusion platform
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.
Labor standoff at Pace's Pennsylvania die-casting plants
The standoff at Pace Industries' Pennsylvania operations offers a snapshot of its Loyalhanna plant and how they fit into Pace's wider aluminum network.