aluminum

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The war raised global prices and severed U.S. manufacturers’ access to aluminum in the Persian Gulf region.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

A production outage is expected to ripple through depleted U.S. aluminum stocks in the coming months, further putting pressure on prices—which have already been battered by tariff challenges.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

The administration’s 50% tariffs still apply to imported products made entirely of the metals, such as steel coils and aluminum sheet.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

His company, Reitnouer Trailers, specializes in flatbed truck trailers made entirely out of aluminum.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Americans dutifully adopted the new term, but many British users disliked aluminum, pointing out that it disrupted the –ium pattern established by sodium, calcium, and strontium, so they added a vowel and syllable.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson