A ranar Alhamis, 1 ga Mayu, William Oplinger, Shugaba na Alcoa, ya bayyana a bainar jama'a cewa adadin odar kamfanin ya kasance mai ƙarfi a cikin kwata na biyu, ba tare da wata alama ta raguwa ba dangane da harajin Amurka. Sanarwar ta sanya kwarin gwiwa a cikinaluminum masana'antukuma ya jawo hankalin kasuwa mai mahimmanci akan al'amuran gaba na Alcoa.

A matsayin babban dan wasa a cikin samar da aluminium, Alcoa yana da sawun ƙafa na duniya mai faɗi, tare da sansanonin samarwa da ayyuka a cikin ƙasashe da yawa. A cikin hadadden yanayin kasuwancin ƙasa da ƙasa na yanzu, sauye-sauyen manufofin jadawalin kuɗin fito sun yi tasiri sosai ga sarƙoƙin samar da aluminum. A watan da ya gabata, yayin kiran taron bayan samun kudaden shiga, Alcoa ya bayyana cewa ana sa ran harajin Amurka kan aluminum da aka shigo da shi daga Kanada zai kashe kamfanin kusan dala miliyan 90 a cikin kwata na biyu. Wannan ya samo asali ne daga gaskiyar cewa ana samar da wasu samfuran aluminium na Alcoa a Kanada sannan kuma ana sayar da su a Amurka, tare da harajin 25% mai tsananin matsi da ribar riba - kwata na farko kawai ya ga asarar kusan dala miliyan 20.

Duk da waɗannan matsalolin kuɗin fito, odar Alcoa ta Q2 sun kasance masu ƙarfi. A gefe guda kuma, sannu a hankali farfadowar tattalin arzikin duniya ya motsabukatar a key aluminum-masana'antu masu cinyewa kamar sufuri da gine-gine, yayin da saurin bunƙasa sabon ɓangaren abin hawa makamashi ya haɓaka buƙatun buƙatun nauyi, kayan aluminium masu ƙarfi, haɓaka umarnin Alcoa. A gefe guda, sunan Alcoa na dogon lokaci, ƙarfin R&D na fasaha, da ingantaccen ingancin samfur sun haɓaka amincin abokin ciniki mai ƙarfi, yana sa abokan ciniki ƙasa da yuwuwar canza masu kaya saboda canjin farashi na ɗan lokaci.

Koyaya, ƙalubalen suna gaban Alcoa. Ƙarar kuɗin fito daga jadawalin kuɗin fito dole ne a nutse a ciki ko kuma a ba da shi ga abokan ciniki, mai yuwuwar yin tasiri ga ƙimar farashin samfur. Kasuwancin aluminium na duniya yana da gasa sosai, tare da ci gaba da masana'antar aluminium da ke tasowa don kama rabon kasuwa. Rashin tabbas a manufofin tattalin arziki da kasuwanci na iya kumatasiri bukatar aluminumda kwanciyar hankali sarkar wadata. Don magance waɗannan ƙalubalen, Alcoa yana buƙatar ci gaba da haɓaka tsarin farashinsa, haɓaka saka hannun jari na R&D don ƙaddamar da samfuran da aka ƙara masu ƙima, faɗaɗa cikin kasuwanni masu tasowa, da rage dogaro ga kasuwanni guda ɗaya don haɓaka haɓakar haɗarin haɗari da gasa kasuwa.