22 April 2022 – EC includes EPA country South Africa in Safeguard measure. South Africa receives its own TRQs. Aluminium with false origin information? The us customs authorities have gathered enough evidence of origin misrepresentation to initiate an AD/CV duty avoidance proceeding against aluminium sheet from China, according to recent reports. The e-car boom is driving up the battery metal prices of lithium, cobalt and nickel. And aluminium billets and alumina in China are in short supply. Source