Canada and the US have been engaging in a tariff war for the past six months, and despite reports of "intense" negotiations in recent weeks, a comprehensive trade agreement has yet to be reached. A potential US-Canada trade agreement may still take several weeks to materialise, according to Ottawa's ...
Mexico has secured a 90-day delay on the implementation of new 30 per cent US tariffs on selected imports, following an agreement between US President Donald Trump and Mexico’s President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum.
The extension, however, is conditional on Mexico’s commitment to address a broad rang ...
Premium American water brand Kopu is providing a turnkey sustainability solution for the luxury hospitality industry, enabling major hotel groups like Hyatt, Hilton, and Marriott to replace problematic glass and plastic bottles with elegant, infinitely recyclable aluminium packaging and a built-in r ...
Canadian aluminium smelters are sharply reducing primary metal exports to the US following an escalation in tariffs under the Trump administration. Beginning in March 2025, the US reinstated a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian aluminium, which was then unexpectedly doubled to 50 per cent in June, causi ...
RUSAL, one of the world’s largest aluminium producers, has started producing iron and titanium alloying tablets in the Sverdlovsk Region. This import substitution project will fully satisfy the Russian aluminium industry’s demand for these crucial raw materials, strengthening the technological indep ...
Chinese alumina prices for spot sales generally tracked higher across China's five alumina-producing areas on July 29, and those for domestic futures contracts also rebounded.
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On Tuesday, Mysteel assessed the spot prices for smelter-grade alumina with purity ex ...
According to SMM data, the average tax-inclusive full cost of China's aluminium industry in July 2025 was RMB 16,261 per tonne, down 1.7 per cent M-o-M and 5.8 per cent Y-o-Y. During the period, alumina prices were boosted by macro policies such as "anti-rat race" competition, but due to the low abs ...
Scrap Management Industries (SMI), a ferrous and non-ferrous metal recycler firm located in Kansas City, USA, has expanded its footprint in the Midwest. It has acquired two highly operational recycling facilities, both in Kansas - the 12th & Haskell Recycle Centre in Lawrence and the East Wilson Rec ...
As the automotive industry races toward sustainable mobility, one major challenge persists: the heavy use of rare earth materials in electric vehicles (EVs). These materials, widely used in motors and batteries, come with significant environmental costs, including global warming and ozone layer depl ...