Aluminum groups' requests for a global excess capacity forum go unheeded at G20

International aluminum industry group requests for a global forum on excess capacity did not lead to an agreement at the G20 leaders summit in Germany last week. In March, aluminum groups from the U.S., Canada and Europe published a joint letter calling on their respective G20 sherpas to advocate for the creation of a global forum at the Hamburg summit, pointing to the forum on steel excess capacity that resulted from last year's summit. The initiative also gained support from...