While we do not believe that the probability of a strike is as high as 50 percent, we do believe that it could be significant.

It's plate rather than sheet that's holding back airliner production.

It looks like they were able to offset the negatives of higher gas and oil prices.

I think we're in a significant inventory correction in the economy. What's happening now is people who make cars and barbecue grills are getting their inventories in line, then they're getting their product in line. But the number of cars and barbecue grills being bought is still rising.

U.S. aluminum product orders rose 13.5 percent from its bottom in December to February. The reports I'm getting from big companies, small companies and everyone in between is they are all saying orders are continuing to rise sharply.