The aluminum market remained uncertain during the first few weeks of the new year. Less than a week from Trump’s inauguration, markets appear tentative. Most analysts expect a new round of tariffs ...
Producing aluminum is a three-stage, energy-intensive process. Bauxite is the key raw material, a reddish, aluminum-oxide-rich ore mined in large, earth-moving operations. In the second stage ...
On the demand side for imported bauxite, domestic bauxite supply decreased with no short-term recovery expected. Meanwhile, significant alumina profitability encouraged production increases, prompting ...