Metal Bulletin rounds up some of the key news and price moves across the global metal markets this week.
Section 232The European steel association Eurofer is calling for quota-based safeguard trade measures even though the EU has been temporary exempted from Section 232 import tariffs in the United States. The impact of the United States' Section 232 aluminium import tariffs on Asian aluminium premiums could be limited if the US exempts more countries from the import taxes, market participants suggested.See all our Section 232 coverage here. Base metalsIt was all going so well for the London Metal Exchange metals at the turn of the year: Robust late-2017 price strength was initially carried through into January, with a commensurate increase in turnovers, and the...