He emphasized the need to restore domestic mining, smelting and refining of copper, citing military and technological applications. Despite Trump’s longstanding push for trade balance ...
U.S. crude oil stockpiles fell unexpectedly last week as refining activity ticked higher, while gasoline and distillate inventories posted surprise builds, the U.S. Energy Information Administration ...
On a call with reporters, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro portrayed the move as an effort to stop China's build out of its copper sector and to address a broader national security ...
China's growing copper reserves have caught the eye of President Donald Trump, who on Tuesday ordered an investigation into what administration officials say is Beijing's move to "gain control of ...
Arizona is by far the nation’s largest copper producer and has major new prospects edging toward production, but the state and country both face a refining bottleneck. Only two U.S. smelters are ...
China dominates global copper refining, but most of the ore that feeds into its smelters is mined elsewhere, in particular in Latin America. Chile and Peru together mined roughly a third of global ...
There is also a desire to restore the domestic mining, smelting and refining of copper given potential military and technological needs. Trump has long said his trade goals are to ensure that ...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday instructing the Department of Commerce to investigate whether to impose tariffs on copper and derivative products, key industrial ...
President Trump on Tuesday directed his Commerce secretary to investigate the need for possible tariffs on copper, the latest industry to potentially be targeted by Trump’s sweeping trade agenda.
On a call with reporters, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro portrayed the move as an effort to stop China’s build out of its copper sector and to address a broader national security ...