American aluminium supply chain resilience requires an all-of-the-above approach to metal supply
Views : 3
Update time : 2025-05-15 16:43:45
The Aluminum Association today released a new white paper developed in collaboration with Wittsend Commodity Advisors, Powering Up American Aluminum: A Roadmap for Next Generation Supply Chain Resilience, outlining pathways to move the United States industry toward greater self-sufficiency in its domestic aluminium supply. The US aluminium industry has evolved over the last quarter century and shifted its business to become a global powerhouse in mid-and-downstream aluminium production and recycling – investing more than $10 billion in US operations over the past decade. At the same time, steady demand growth and a declining primary aluminium production footprint within the United States has led to a gap of around 4 million tonnes of raw (or unwrought) aluminium that the industry must import -- today largely from long-time trading partner Canada.
“Aluminium is a critical material for our nation’s economic and national security – found in everything from cars and cans to fighter jets, tanks and the electric grid,” said Charles Johnson, president & CEO of the Aluminum Association. “Even if we could flip a switch and turn on every idled aluminium smelter tomorrow, the US industry cannot currently produce nearly enough metal to make the products that Americans rely upon. This new research shows us that greater self-sufficiency will require an all-of-the-above approach to energy, trade and recycling policy to ensure that US manufacturers have abundant, affordable metal.”
