Report: Alcoa to pause Canadian projects in wake of tariff threats
Alcoa's chief executive says Canadian expansion plans are on hold as tariff threats escalate, forcing the aluminum giant to reroute metal and rethink investments.
Tag: Shipments
Association of American Railroads freight volumes
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) publishes monthly freight indices and carload volumes which are a good barometer of economic activity. Canadian carriers CN and CP participate in this reporting, so aluminum imports from Canada are embedded in these numbers.
When do the tariffs reach Mainstreet?
I don’t want to be the grandparent telling number one grandchild that Santa bailed out on Christmas this year and there won’t be any toys coming (from China).
LME's Hong Kong expansion highlights market in transition
This is less about warehousing and more about relevance.
Maritime tax maneuvers: Can port fees really bring U.S. shipbuilding back?
By know you must have “tariff fatigue,” so we are shifting gears to focus the maritime tax proposals of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) plus some other lowkey tax relief bills that may have out-sized positive effects to sectors served by aluminum. United States Trade Representative (USTR) port fee plans for Chinese ships The […]