As imports have surged, domestic aluminum production has fallen by 30% while smelter utilization rates have dropped to nearly 50%. In June 2022, Century Aluminum idled its Hawesville, Kentucky smelter. Alcoa announced the permanent closure of its Washington State Intalco smelter in March 2023 while Magnitude 7 Metals in Missouri curtailed operations at its New Madrid smelter in early 2024, further reducing the number of active primary aluminum producers in the U.S.