Trump Rescinds Section 232 Tariffs On Canadian Aluminium, But Promises Reimposing Them Should Imports Spike
Donald Trump ended the import tariff on aluminium from Canada earlier this week, but he promised to reinstate it should...
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Exports Of Aluminium Scrap From US Drops In Q1 While Imports From Canada, Mexico Rise
Import and export data released last week shows a general decline in exports of aluminium scrap from United States firms in this year’s first quarter, while exporters in Mexico and Canada generally increased during that same time period. Per data just released...
Canada Set To Announce Final Targets For Retaliatory Aluminium Tariffs This Week
Domestic media is reporting that retaliatory sanctions could be announced as early as today by the Canadian government in response...
Canada To Impose Retaliatory Tariffs On US$2.7 Billion In U.S. Aluminium Products
Responding to a broadside from the Trump Administration to its aluminium industry, the Canadian government fired a return volley this...
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Section 232 Tariffs Necessary To Stem Tide Of “Unprecedented Surge” Of Canadian Aluminium: Century CEO Bless
American aluminium maker Century Aluminum’s president and chief executive officer Michael Bless went on record Thursday in support of United States president Donald Trump’s decision to reinstate Section 232 tariffs on aluminium and steel on imports of the same from Canada. Citing a 95-percent increase in imports of unalloyed primary aluminium from the dominion in […]
Aluminum Association Calls On Trump Administration To Continue Section 232 Exemptions For Mexico And Canada
The Aluminum Association published an open letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthiser on Thursday seeking to convince the Trump Administration to continue excepting North American producers from Section 232 aluminium tariffs. The letter, which was signed by more than a dozen CEOs and other executive officers from companies all along the aluminium value chain, […]
Coronavirus-Proof Aluminium: Canada’s A3 Surfaces Promises Solution
A Quebec company claims to have devised a process that could render aluminium products COVID-19 proof. A3 Surfaces has been working since 2009 on a technology that incorporates and seals antimicrobial agents in aluminium surfaces and products. If it receives regulatory approval, door handles, medical equipment, grocery carts, bars on public transport, ventilation ducts could […]
Biden Infrastructure Bill A Big Boon To Aluminium Industry: Norsk Hydro VP Mike Stier
Earlier this month the United States Congress passed into law President Joe Biden’s US$1.2 trillion infrastructure package. The Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America Act (or the INVEST in America Act) will allocate US$550 billion ...
The Net-Zero Shift Starts With Low Carbon Aluminium
2020 was supposed to be “year of climate action”, with the Glasgow COP26 acting as a major milestone for both ...
Aluminium at the LME Week – Key Takeaways
Between October 28 and November 1st, London hosted the traditional London Metals Exchange (LME) Week gathering of analysts, brokers, traders ...
Aluminium Market Oversupplied, Demand Growth Flat
Base metals prices reacted positively to the progress registered in the latest round of US – China trade talks in ...
