Category: aluminum

Sparkling Forest from Christmases Past Lights Up Wisconsin Town

December 11, 2021
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MANITOWOC, Wis.—Standing in the softly falling snow, staring at the colorful and brightly lit Christmas display, Barbara Bundy-Jost understood anew—there was just something special about that tree. “It was just lit up like a sparkling forest,” she recalled. “We were on our way one Christmas Eve to visit my mother, who lived overlooking the lake…

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Japan, US Agree to Start Talks on Additional Steel, Aluminum Tariffs

November 15, 2021
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TOKYO—Japan and the United States have agreed to start discussions aimed at tackling additional U.S. tariffs on Japanese steel and aluminum imports during a bilateral meeting in Tokyo, Japan’s industry ministry said on Monday. The meeting was held between Japan’s Industry Minister Koichi Hagiuda and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, but a ministry official said…

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US Will Open Talks With Japan on Import Steel, Aluminum Tariffs

November 13, 2021
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WASHINGTON—The United States said on Friday it will open talks with Japan that could lead to an easing of tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, a longstanding irritant in trade relations between the two allies. The U.S. Commerce Department and the United States Trade Representative’s Office said the talks were aimed at addressing “global steel…

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Communist China’s Grand Strategy for a Small African Country (Part 2)

October 18, 2021
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In addition to its rich reserves of iron ore, the Republic of Guinea also holds 7.4 billion metric tons (pdf) or one-fourth of the world’s total reserves of bauxite, the main source of aluminum. Data provided by Western Securities show that in 2020, Guinea exported 82 million metric tons of this important mineral, of which 64 percent was…

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The Chinese Regime’s Growing Economic Footprint in Guinea: Part 2

October 18, 2021
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News Analysis In addition to its rich reserves of iron ore, the Republic of Guinea also holds 7.4 billion metric tons (pdf) or one-fourth of the world’s total reserves of bauxite, the main source of aluminum. Data provided by Western Securities show that in 2020, Guinea exported 82 million metric tons of this important mineral, of which 64…

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6 California Companies Convicted for Scheme Avoiding $1.8 Billion in Customs Duties on China Imports

August 23, 2021
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A federal jury in Los Angeles on Aug. 23 convicted six southern California companies for taking part in a large-scale conspiracy to avoid paying $1.8 billion in customs duties by disguising aluminum imports as pallets. The conspirators then sold the pallets to entities disguised to look like real customers with the intent of fraudulently inflating…

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