MATERIALS
Metals: Non-Ferrous
World’s Most Productive Companies
Metals: Non-Ferrous
Non-Ferrous Metals companies produce aluminum, copper, and other non-iron metals and alloys. Productivity is cyclical and commodity-exposed, tracking metal demand, smelting and processing efficiency, and energy intensity. Energy cost position and exposure to electrification-driven metals like copper increasingly shape the leaders' productivity.
2025 was a softer year, with the group about 2% below its 2019 baseline. No company in the group reached the 2026 World’s Most Productive Companies list this year. None of the companies improved on the year, a broad-based decline.
Productivity Snapshot
- Metals: Non-Ferrous ranks fourth of ten Materials peer groups in 2025, at an Industrial Productivity Index of 0.98, about 2% below its 2019 baseline.
- 0 of 6 companies grew productivity in 2025.
- No company in the group earned a place on the 2026 World’s Most Productive Companies list this year.
- The group sits near its 2019 baseline but eased in 2025 as metals demand and realized margins softened.
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