Novelis' North American margins slide despite record premiums
Higher aluminum prices and delivery premiums lifted Novelis' revenue, but shipment softness and elevated conversion costs left North American earnings sharply lower.
Higher aluminum prices and delivery premiums lifted Novelis' revenue, but shipment softness and elevated conversion costs left North American earnings sharply lower.
The company cited, among other things, scrap purchases, tariff mitigations and the ramp-up of its plant in Switzerland.
AMU's latest survey of aluminum market participants shows widening gaps in lead times, with extrusions lengthening dramatically.
The company again upwardly revised its full-year adjusted EBITDA outlook, expecting it to improve 20%-25% year over year.
Ford executives said the automaker expects aluminum supplier Novelis to restart its fire-damaged Oswego, NY hot mill by late November or early December.
MetalX's proposed $250 million aluminum recycling and slab-rolling plant in Ohio has been shelved, with the site now listed for sale confirming the project will not proceed.
The state of Kentucky has awarded more than $3 million in rail-infrastructure grants to Logan Aluminum and Novelis, strengthening the integrated Berea-Russellville supply chain.
“We will see how things go over the next six to eight months or so, but there is definitely growth opportunity there," CEO says.
Novelis has declared force majeure on automotive, beverage and container stock shipments.
AMU takes a closer look at obscure but telling markets - corrugated boxes, cement, and coatings - for early clues on where aluminum demand may really be headed in 2025.