Unless you’re wealthy and invested, lower commodity prices are good. Very few in the USA now advance because of higher prices in this stuff. The cheaper the better, for all of it.
How will aluminum smelting businesses do in such an environment?
No, the widespread lower prices indicate that there isn’t much manufacturing going on, which means real (as opposed to official) unemployment is going up. For those of us who actually do make money in a recession, things are looking up.