AMU Explainer: Understanding open interest as a guide to price movements on LME
This AMU Explainer breaks down how LME open interest works and how it can help you interpret shifts in market sentiment and price direction.
This AMU Explainer breaks down how LME open interest works and how it can help you interpret shifts in market sentiment and price direction.
Hoover Treated Wood Products is entering the aluminum-cladding market through its acquisition of Arconic's AAP LLC operation in Eastman, Ga., adding ACM production to its portfolio while Arconic retains its Kawneer building-system assets.
There’s a lot of news to keep track of, so we’re lending a hand with highlights from the past month and what they mean for you.
Scrap discounts remain exceptionally wide to the Midwest transaction price. Some seasonal tightness may occur, but still affords rolling mills and extruders excellent earnings potential.
The Aluminum Market Update staff will be taking some time off for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Aluminum Market Chatter from survey respondents.
As Aluminum Dynamics' Mississippi mill ramps up without feedstock from its delayed Benson recycler, UBC scrap availability could tighten heading into 2026.
Contract talks for U.S. value-added aluminum products are reaching a critical stage, with billet, primary foundry alloys, and wire rod upcharges diverging as buyers and producers race to finalized 2026 pricing.
Expectations for UBC scrap prices remained stable in October. What shifted was the composition of the remainder.
There’s a lot of news to keep track of, so we’re lending a hand with highlights from the past month and what they mean for you.