Trump Administration Loosens Aluminium And Steel Quotas For Three Countries
United States President Donald Trump issued orders to relax the steel and aluminium quotas placed upon certain countries on Wednesday...
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U.S. Sources Say Quotas On Aluminium From Mexico And Canada May Replace Trump Tariffs
Sources in Washington, D.C. say that United States trade officials are pushing for neighbors Canada and Mexico to agree to quotas on aluminium and steel in exchange for dropping blanket tariffs. According to unnamed sources claiming knowledge of the matter who spoke...
Turkey Queues Up Complaint Against Trump’s Doubled Aluminium Tariffs At WTO
The Turkish government said last week that it will challenge the doubling of aluminium and steel tariffs on shipments from...
Citing Trump Tariffs, Century Slowly Ramping Up Operations At Mount Holly Plant
Though guarded, a sense of optimism has begun to return to Goose Creek, South Carolina, as production is slowly but...
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Trump Administration Doubles Tariff On Turkish Aluminium To 20 Percent
United States President Donald Trump doubled import duties on aluminium and steel imported from NATO ally Turkey on Friday. With tariffs on Turkish aluminium now at 20 percent, the metal has become a tool that the Trump administration has chosen to employ to punish the Turkish government over a raft of ongoing and unresolved diplomatic […]
Citing U.S. Sanctions, Rusal To Close Nadvoitsky Smelter
Embattled Russian Federation aluminium giant U.C. Rusal says sanctions placed upon it by the Trump administration has forced it to end production at a smelter in northwest Russia. Rusal has started ramping down production at its Nadvoitsky plant in Karelia, citing the twin body blows of Section 232 aluminium tariffs and the sanctions levied upon […]
Alcoa Seeks Tariff Reprieve From Trump Administration For Specialty Aluminium
Iconic American aluminium producer Alcoa Corporation has approached the Trump administration to obtain from relief from the Section 232 aluminium tariffs that were levied upon all imports earlier this year, saying that they are now suffering from the measure enacted specifically for their benefit. The firm filed a quintet of requests for waivers with the […]
Trump Tariffs Lead To Aluminium Can Shortages For Canadian Microbreweries
The war of tariffs kicked off by the Trump administration’s imposition of aluminium and steel duties earlier this year has put the squeeze on Canadian microbreweries, leading some to cut production for lack of aluminium beer cans. Coverage on Tuesday by Reuters noted that, despite the dominion’s significant aluminium beverage can production, Canada also relies […]
Coca-Cola Says Trump Aluminium Tariffs Force Price Increase
Citing the recent tariffs imposed upon aluminium and steel imports by the Trump administration, The Coca-Cola Company’s CEO James Quincey told shareholders last week that his company had no choice but to increase product prices. Speaking on a conference call, Quincey said the price increase, though “disruptive,” is unavoidable. “Obviously, while [customers] may understand the […]
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 and industry experts from all over the world to hear and exchange information on latest developments related to base metals and their ...
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 ...
Aluminium of Greece (AOG): is the Pechiney spirit still alive?
Between September 24-25, FastmarketsMB organized its annual aluminium conference in Athens. A day before the conference, in accordance with an ...
International Aluminium 2019 Conference – Key Takeaways
The FastmaketsMB aluminium conference is the sequel to the Metal Bulletin aluminium conferences, which have traditionally been one of oldest ...
