Aluminum's Strength Eludes Distributors.

ALUMINUM industry; BUSINESS forecasting; ALUMINUM; DISTRIBUTORS (Commerce); ALCOA Inc.; INTERNATIONAL trade

CANADA; UNITED States

The article focuses on the factors that caused the weak shipment of aluminum from metal service centers in the U.S. and Canada despite the growth of global production of the product. It provides overview of the forecast of the aluminum company Alcoa Inc. that the global demand of the product will grow five percent in 2016, and four percent in the North American Market. However, shipments of such product from the two countries have declined, resulting from inventory drawdown in supplies.