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Aluminium’s most important players met at Fastmarkets’ International Aluminium Conference in Athens on September 10-12 to debate the issues shaping the future of the industry. We highlight some of the standout quotes.

The move to place tariffs on electric vehicles (EVs) imported from China by many countries to varying degrees has resulted in changing trade flows and affected supply chains. Looking at the trade data however, not much has changed yet with EVs still arriving on European shores in volume.

Fastmarkets has compiled a unique, comprehensive overview of electric vehicle (EV) import duties across key markets, including policy announcements, illustrating the disparities and shifting approaches.

CMOC expects its growth rate of cobalt supply to gradually ease in the second half of 2024, the company said on August 23. Market participants, however, were divided in their response to the announcement, with some expecting the output reduction to alleviate the current imbalance between supply and demand in parts of the market.

Trade, tariffs and protectionist measures were all topics of discussion during the US presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump on Tuesday September 10.

Colombian steelmakers conditioned the viability of building the country’s first flat steel plant on the adoption of trade defense measures against imports, the companies said on Friday, September 6.