Trump Aluminium Tariffs Hamper India’s Competitivity – Indian Trade Association
The Trump administration’s blanket tariffs on aluminium and steel may make Indian exports of the same significantly less competitive compared...
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United States Willing To Grant Waiver On Aluminium And Steel Tariffs To Indian Producers: Domestic Media
Indian media reported yesterday that the United States government is amenable to granting the country’s aluminium smelters a conditional waiver of the Trump administration’s blanket 10-percent tariffs. Few details were released at the time, but Indian television channel ET NOW broke the...
India To Reject Aluminium Quotas In Exchange For Tariff Exemption
Sources from within the Indian government indicate that it will not entertain the notion of exchanging blanket tariffs on aluminium...
Aluminum Association Calls Upon Trump Administration To Drop Section 232 Tariffs At NAFTA Negotiating Table
North American trade group the Aluminum Association published an open letter to the Trump administration on Monday calling on U.S....
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Trump Adminstration Aluminium Tariffs Still Leave U.S. Capacity Short: Vedanta Official
The Trump administration’s actions on aluminium tariffs and sanctions on Rusal notwithstanding, the United States aluminium sector continues to be structurally stunted. So said Vedanta’s chief sales and marketing officer Jean-Baptiste Lucas in an interview with Metal Bulletin last week. Lucas continued by noting that the moves have made imports of the metal significantly more […]
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 with Reuters on Tuesday, tariffs on metals were not initially a subject for […]
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 according to the U.S. Commerce Department. The Commerce Department’s release explained that its head, Secretary Wilbur Ross, has been granted the power to relax quotas on aluminium from Argentina and on steel from the Republic […]
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 its producers at the World Trade Organization. Turkey’s trade minister Ruhsar Pekcan revealed in comments in Ankara last week that the government has already sent the ball rolling with the global trade body. “Turkey has […]
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 surely coming back online at Century Aluminum’s Mount Holly plant. According to local reports, Century has begun to rehire a portion of those laid off from the plant two years ago as well. Though still […]
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 ...
