Tag: Production

There are some tactical resolutions in this list that are essential for the companies involved to achieve their financial results for 2026. Some are aspirational and may take more than 2026 to happen.

Timna Tanners, Wells Fargo managing director, spoke about tariffs, supply and demand and the outlook for 2026 during a joint Community Chat hosted by AMU and its sister publication Steel Market Update.

Trailers represent a significant source of demand for aluminum extruders and sheet mills, consuming a lot of 6061 alloys. So, any softness in trailer orders is not welcome news.

ALUKO Group plans to establish a second US manufacturing facility in Tennessee, expanding its domestic manufacturing presence beyond the EV-focused Jackson site.

MMG Extrusions completed a multi-year expansion at its New Hampshire facility that increased extrusion capacity and added automated aging, packing, and downstream processing.

Australia is hardly alone in intervening in heavy industry.

Recent swings in aluminum supply-demand balances reveal the practical gap between accuracy and precision, showing how real smelter disruptions can upend even the most carefully constructed forecasts.

Production metrics can gauge whether there are more premium shocks in our future.

It was a generally more positive week for most markets as a better tone in US equities ushered in a measure of stability. The bitcoin/crypto sell-off eased somewhat as well. Some of the battered AI-related names also recovered. The likelihood of another December Fed rate cut this week also helped sentiment.

Meir spoke last week during an AMU Community Chat on a wide range of topics affecting the aluminum market.