Component
Aluminum
Primary plus old-scrap secondary aluminum. USGS MCS 2026: US net import reliance is about 60% of apparent consumption.
Criticality
Medium
Unit cost
$2.4K
Quality
70 / 100
US saturation
39.9
Made in US
2,260,000 tonnes
Current demand
5,700,000 tonnes
US exports
890,000 tonnes
Opportunity score
56.0
Domestic vs international supply
Planned US investment, next 5 years
$1.1B
Expected extra output: 110,000 tonnes per year
Used by
- Aluminum chassis
- Aluminum cover
- Aluminum plate
- Aluminum shell
- Battery thermal pad
- CMOS camera module
- Diesel engine
- Distribution transformer
- Eyeglasses
- Fan blade
- Gasoline engine
- Grease filter
- Heat-exchange coil
- Heatsink
- Induction motor
- Insulating glass unit
- LED lamp
- LFP battery
- Magnetron
- Monocrystalline cell
- Motor capacitor
- NMC battery
- Piston air end
- Polycrystalline cell
- Sacrificial anode
- Screw air end
- Sodium-ion battery
- Thermoblock
- Transmission
Product paths
- Air compressor map
- Air fryer map
- Band saw map
- CNC router map
- Ceiling fan map
- Clothes dryer map
- Clothes iron map
- Commercial dryer map
- Commercial refrigerator map
- Commercial washer map
- Conveyor map
- Dehumidifier map
- Distribution transformer map
- Drill press map
- E-bike map
- Elevator map
- Espresso machine map
- Eyeglasses map
- FDM 3D printer map
- Fabric cutter map
- Forklift map
- Fridge map
- Garage door opener map
- Garbage disposal map
- Gas furnace map
- Generator map
- Geyser map
- HVAC rooftop unit map
- Hair dryer map
- Heat pump map
- Home battery map
- Hydraulic press map
- Ice machine map
- Industrial pump map
- Industrial sewing machine map
- Insulating glass unit map
- LED lamp map
- Laptop map
- Lawn mower map
- Manual lathe map
- Manual mill map
- Microwave map
- Pallet jack map
- Passenger car map
- Pool pump map
- Power drill map
- Quadcopter drone map
- Quadruped map
- Range hood map
- Robot vacuum map
- Room air conditioner map
- Smartphone map
- Smoke alarm map
- Solar module map
- Surface grinder map
- Tablet map
- Vacuum cleaner map
- Washing machine map
- Wireless earbuds map