APAA celebrates one year of President Trump's 50 per cent Section 232 aluminium tariff and historic investments in US manufacturing

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Today, the American Primary Aluminum Association celebrates the one-year anniversary of President Trump's 50 per cent Section 232 aluminium tariff. This tariff is revolutionising domestic manufacturing production, strengthening supply chains, creating thousands of new jobs, generating billions of dollars in US investment, and fortifying our national security. President Trump strengthened the Section 232 aluminium tariff to combat unfair trade practices and persistent cheating by foreign governments, delivering unprecedented wins for American workers in the aluminium industry:

• Emirates Global Aluminium and Century Aluminum plan to build the first new US smelter in nearly 50 years, a more than USD 4 billion investment that will more than double US production capacity and create over 5,000 jobs in Oklahoma.
• Century Aluminium restored their Mt Holly smelter to full production capacity, creating over 100 US aluminium jobs in South Carolina and increasing US aluminium production by over 10 per cent.
• Novelis is investing USD 5 billion into a new aluminium rolling mill, creating up to 1,000 jobs in Alabama.
• Aluminium Dynamics officially launched commercial production at a new, state-of-the-art recycled aluminium flat rolled mill in Mississippi, a USD 2.5 billion investment that has created over 700 jobs.

Delve deeper: How the American aluminium industry navigates through trade shifts, sustainability pressures, and rapid advances in manufacturing in the American Aluminium Industry: The Path Forward

"One year ago today, President Trump took decisive action to stand up for American workers by launching a new Golden Age for domestic aluminium manufacturing," remarked APAA President Mark Duffy. "The results speak for themselves: the aluminium industry is delivering billions of dollars in US investment and creating thousands of American aluminium jobs, and it's all due to President Trump's 50 per cent Section 232 tariff, with no exemptions or exclusions."