Tag: Prices

Netback calculation is a mechanism to determine the highest revenue return for a product expressed on an FOB smelter basis.

Extruders flagged mounting Gulf supply risks, tight US inventories, and a shift toward scrap-driven billet economics.

The Federal Reserve held rates steady while modestly raising inflation and growth projections, highlighting uncertainty tied to geopolitics and tariffs.

Steel Dynamics issued first-quarter 2026 guidance, citing higher working capital tied to its aluminum ramp as the segment begins generating EBITDA.

Midwest aluminum premiums are converging with replacement costs as Gulf supply risks lift duty-paid import replacement near $1.05 per pound.

ALBA joins Qatar’s 40% curtailment of 260,000 tons, bringing cumulative curtailments to 560,000 tons.

Aluminum markets remain in flux as the US-Israeli attack on Iran enters its second week.

These producers are not rookies. They understand how to manage the long supply chains from the Gulf into the US.

Join SMU and AMU for a Community Chat on Wednesday, March 11, at 11 a.m. ET with George Adams, CEO of SA Recycling.

Markets have been taken aback by the intensity of the conflict and the Iranian retaliatory strikes on at least 14 different countries. Investors were also shaken by the severe disruptions to oil and gas flows coming out of the Persian Gulf.