Summary:

High primary metal costs are actively filtering into downstream applications. Comex aluminium futures have jumped over 30% recently, causing a ripple effect where solar mounting and racking components (predominantly extruded profiles like rails, clamps, and brackets) have seen a 20% price increase. While this squeezes the margins of solar project developers, it underscores a highly inelastic, massive demand pool for structural extrusions in renewable energy infrastructure through Q3 and Q4 of 2026.

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