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.
The standoff at Pace Industries' Pennsylvania operations offers a snapshot of its Loyalhanna plant and how they fit into Pace's wider aluminum network.
LKQ Corp.'s decision to sell its Self Service segment may look like a minor portfolio shift, but it strikes at the heart of the U.S. auto dismantling systems that feeds into the zorba supply chain.
They're low. This is what's going on.
Recycling rates are just one of the factors at play when considering scrap export bans
The U.S. scrap market is sitting on a significant opportunity in UBC and zorba recovery, but without structural change and serious private-public investment, that potential will keep slipping through our fingers.
Novelis is partnering with DRT for 99% recycled content in beverage can end stock, reshaping the numbers behind one of aluminum's most specialized markets.
Join AMU experts Greg Wittbecker and Nicholas Bell on Aug. 21 at 11 a.m. ET as they explore the potential impact of looming scrap export restrictions.
Novelis' Q2 results show how a split in end-market demand, firm scrap costs, and new capacity on the horizon are tightening margins in the North American flat-rolled market.
As calls to restrict scrap exports grow louder, the real question is whether heavy-handed policy can outdo the market's own price signals.
Reductions in Canadian supply is on factor in Midwest physical supply, and it will only get worse as we move forward.