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Exports Of Aluminium Scrap From US Drops In Q1 While Imports From Canada, Mexico Rise

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...

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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 […]