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A new trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom went into effect on Wednesday June 1, with the US applying a tariff-rate quota (TRQ) system to imports of UK-origin steel and aluminium materials. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Russian government has reduced its quota volume for exports of ferrous scrap outside the Eurasian Economic Union to 540,000 tonnes, according to an announcement on Monday May 30. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Russia's customs tariff sub-commission of the Ministry of Economic Development has backed a proposal by the country's Ministry of Industry and Trade to increase the duty for ferrous scrap exports exceeding the tariff quota of 810,000 tonnes, the Ministry of Economic Development announced on Thursday March 31. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A new trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom announced on Tuesday March 22 is more likely to enhance political ties than actually move significant tons of steel and aluminium across the Atlantic, sources said. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Brazilian steelmakers will ask for a relaxation of the Section 232 measures imposed on their imports of steel products into the United States, according to national steel association Aço Brasil. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Steel market participants in Europe expect the European Commission (EC) to begin an anti-dumping investigation into imports of hot-rolled coil from India now that a complaint has been filed, they told Fastmarkets on Thursday July 1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Brazil has increased the quota for duty-free imports of unalloyed aluminium into the country this year to 180,000 tonnes from 150,000 tonnes, according to a resolution dated Thursday October 22. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The US Midwest aluminium premium declined further on Tuesday September 29, with growing uncertainty surrounding trade actions - not just against Canada - leading many traders to offer discounts in order to move material. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Most trade associations reacted positively to the surprise announcement on Tuesday September 15 that the United States was removing tariffs on aluminium imported from Canada, but some took issue with the quota system that has taken its place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The surprise removal of the Section 232 tariff on US aluminium imports from Canada caught aluminium traders in North America and Europe off guard, injecting enormous uncertainty into the market and into aluminium premium outlooks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Brazil's steel institute, Aço Brasil, considers it reasonable for the United States to reduce its existing import quota for shipments of semi-finished steel products from the Latin American country in the fourth quarter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Market participants in the United States expressed mixed views on the recent reduction in the Section 232 quota on imports of semi-finished steel product from Brazil for the fourth quarter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The United States' government has reduced the Section 232 quota for imports of semi-finished steel products from Brazil in the fourth quarter, according to a proclamation from president Donald Trump published late on Friday August 28. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The United Steelworkers union in Canada has warned that certain steel products from the nation, along with aluminium, could again be hit with Section 232 tariffs by President Donald Trump's administration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Midwest aluminium premium inched up on Tuesday June 23, with sentiment turning bullish following a widely discussed report that the United States could reintroduce Section 232 tariffs on Canadian aluminium imports. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

US steel imports surged in April on the re-opening of quarterly quota limits on slab from Brazil – and despite double-digit declines for some finished steel goods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hot-rolled coil prices in the United States slipped on increased jitters about the direction of raw material prices amid a surge in availability of Brazilian slabs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

US imports of steel products might have surged in December 2019, according to an advance indicator of offshore arrivals. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The European Commission (EC) has made a number of changes to its existing regime of safeguard measures concerning 26 steel product categories, it said on September 26. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China announced a third round of copper scrap import quotas on Wednesday August 14, allowing a select list of importers to bring an additional 87,680 tonnes of copper scrap into the country by the end of 2019, according to the Bureau of International Recycling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Here are five Fastmarkets MB stories you might have missed on Wednesday August 14 that are worth another look. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

European buyers have already bought about 30% more than the yearly quota for imports from China of hot-dipped galvanized coil (HDG) grades used by the automotive industry, market sources have told Fastmarkets. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The US-China trade dispute has dampened selling appetite among copper scrap dealers in the United States, though China granting restricted quotas has spurred exports once again. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The US Department of Commerce has increased anti-dumping margins on most imports of oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from South Korea following a final administrative review. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

North American aluminium trade groups have called for President Donald Trump's administration to reinstate quota-free exemptions from the Section 232 aluminium tariffs for Canada and Mexico before the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is implemented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The implementation of tariffs and quotas against US steel and aluminium imports has been heralded and criticized as an unusual trade remedy, with President Donald Trump's administration applying blanket duties rather than more focused - and more typical - anti-dumping and countervailing margins. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As of March 23, it has been a full year since US President Donald Trump's administration imposed tariffs against imported steel and aluminium under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, which allows the president to place restrictions on imports on national security grounds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Revenue garnered from the United States' Section 232 tariffs - in place for almost a year - stood at $4.3 billion for steel and $1.4 billion for aluminium as of Thursday February 21, 2019, according to data from US Customs and Border Protection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The European Commission (EC) is ready to impose definitive safeguard measures on a list of imported steel products, in the form of tariff rates and a range of quotas that are partly annual and country-specific and partly quarterly and global, it said on Friday February 1. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Lawmakers in the United States have introduced legislation to limit presidential power to impose tariffs on imports for national security reasons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation this week that will allow companies to request product-specific exclusions for steel imports from South Korea, Brazil and Argentina, along with aluminium imports from Argentina, even after import quotas from those countries are filled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

United States President Donald Trump signed a proclamation this week that will allow companies to request product-specific exclusions for steel imports from South Korea, Brazil and Argentina, along with aluminium imports from Argentina, even after import quotas from those countries are filled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday March 1 that he will impose tariffs of 25% on steel imports and 10% on aluminium imports into the US for an unlimited time frame, following through on the aggressive action the White House has hinted at since the initiation of Section 232 investigations nearly a year ago. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Thailand mobile operator DTAC is planning to spend up to $570 million this year expanding its 4G network as demand for mobile data expands. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT) has received an Indonesian mining ministry recommendation to get an export licence to ship up to 419,575 tonnes of copper concentrates over the next six months. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara (PTNNT) has received a permit from the Indonesian government to export up to 431,885 tonnes of copper concentrate over the next six months, a spokeswoman told Metal Bulletin. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The People's Bank of China said on Tuesday it is contemplating the 'orderly participation' of commercial banks to trade in the offshore renminbi market. On paper, the proposed move seems to be a further opening up of its FX market. However, market participants say Beijing's true aim is to exert greater influence on the CNH and maintain the stability of the renminbi. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The securitization of non-performing loans by Chinese banks is gaining plenty of traction as they are set to achieve off-balance sheet accounting treatment -- one of the major hurdles for the development of the asset class. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Allocation cut 7% from same period in 2015; Hsikwangshan Twinkling Star docked 34%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The most eagerly awaited of all quota approvals came on Thursday with the news that the People's Bank of China (PBoC) had finally granted a Rmb50bn ($8.6bn) renminbi qualified foreign institutional investor (RQFII) quota to Luxembourg, a world leading domicile for investment funds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Chinese refractory industry consolidation continues and expands; MTI denies rumours about Minteq's plant closure; RHI halts acquisition of a magnesite plant in Turkey; QMAG cuts personnel at its magnesite mine in Australia; [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]