Tag: Metals
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Record prices, record Congolese imports and a looming customs deadline put US copper tariff policy at the center of global metals markets WASHINGTON, September 9, 2026 Copper has never been more expensive, and the reason has less to do with mines than with Washington. The benchmark three month copper contract on the London Metal Exchange…
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The Eurasian Economic Commission opens a safeguard investigation into imports of polymer-coated flat-rolled steel after complaints from Russian giants MMK and Severstal, setting the stage for new duties across five countries MOSCOW, September 8, 2026 The Eurasian Economic Commission has launched a safeguard investigation into imports of flat-rolled steel with polymer coating entering the customs…
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Southern African Customs Union imposes provisional anti-dumping duties on Chinese coated flat-rolled steel as Pretoria escalates its defence of a battered domestic mill sector By the International Trade Desk, Peacock Tariff Consulting PRETORIA, Aug. 31, 2026. Provisional anti-dumping duties on imports of coated flat-rolled steel from China took effect across the Southern African Customs Union on…
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The Eurasian Economic Commission has carved niobium-aluminium master alloy out of its common tariff schedule and set the import duty at zero through October 2028, a small line item that opens a wide window onto how Russia and its customs union partners are managing their dependence on one of the world’s most concentrated critical mineral…
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Negotiators are reported to have settled on halving Section 232 metals duties for Canada, but a volume cap near four million tonnes and unresolved treatment of derivatives mean the relief will be narrower than the headline number suggests HAMILTON, Ontario, August 21, 2026 – The single most consequential number in the Canada-United States trade package…
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A mandatory smelt-and-cast reporting rule for copper imports takes effect Wednesday, the latest turn of the screw in a Section 232 metals regime that Washington has rebuilt tier by tier this year WASHINGTON, July 29, 2026 American importers of copper wire and cable have until midnight tonight to get their data in order. Effective 12:01…
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New Section 232 proclamation halves aluminum tariffs for companies that build American smelters, testing whether incentives can succeed where duties alone have not WASHINGTON, July 22, 2026 President Trump signed a proclamation on Monday that fundamentally reworks the incentive structure behind America’s aluminum tariffs, offering companies that invest in building, expanding, or refurbishing domestic smelters…
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A full year into Washington’s 50 percent duty on Canadian steel and aluminum, producers report shipments down 60 percent, relief measures have lapsed, and Ottawa weighs its next counter-move as the continental trade pact shifts to annual reviews. OTTAWA, July 19, 2026. Canada’s steel and aluminum producers enter the back half of July still absorbing…