Report: Aluminum demand down in H1
The year-over-year decline was partly due to the significant drop in exports, however demand fell in all market segments, with the exception of foil, according to the Aluminum Association.
Tag: Primary aluminum
Join AMU for a webinar about the future of premiums and scrap tolling
Join AMU experts Greg Wittbecker and Nicholas Bell on Thursday, September 25 at 11 a.m. ET
Update on the state of electricity supply-demand in the U.S.
Recent IEA data underscores an erratic electricity supply mix alongside sharply rising demand, with future prices signaling poor economics for operating an aluminum smelter and pointing instead to behind-the-meter generation backed by outside financing.
The state of primary aluminum inventories in the U.S.
They're low. This is what's going on.
AMU webinar: Recycling rates, scrap exports and price spreads
Recycling rates are just one of the factors at play when considering scrap export bans
Does the U.S.-EU trade deal shift attention to Mexico or Canada?
U.S-China trade negotiations have another 90 moratorium, so it does suggest that perhaps the USMCA partners may next up on the agenda.
Unwrought imports have dropped since March
March reached the highest level imports for the year so far at 426,911 metric tons, a spike of 47.5 % compared to a same month last year, according to the ITA.
Canada’s tariff and trade position clarified. Part 2.
Would a 25% tariff be a win for Canada?
Will other smelters follow Mt. Holly's restart?
With Century's Mt. Holly coming back online, the real question is whether other idled U.S. smelter capacity have any realistic path to restart.
Century to restart production at Mt. Holly smelter
Century plans to invest about $50 million in the effort, adding about 10% to US production.