Commodities
The Great Metal Migration: Aluminum Substitution Accelerates as Copper-Aluminum Price Ratio Pierces 4.2 Threshold
The global commodities market has reached a historic inflection point as of January 2026, with industrial manufacturers aggressively pivoting from copper to aluminum. This shift is no longer a matter of marginal cost-saving; it has become a structural necessity as the copper-to-aluminum price ratio has surged past 4.2, a