Large stack of aluminum and ferrous materials scrap. Stock image.
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By Philip Blenkinsop and Julia Payne
Brussels – Metal producers in the European Union are lobbying the bloc to impose export duties or curbs on scrap metal shipments “in the next few weeks” to stem a sharp increase in flows to the United States caused by the Trump administration’s trade policies.
Europe’s metal producers are warning of a shortage of scrap and an upending of carbon-emission strategies after U.S. Donald Trump’s 50% levy on imported steel and aluminium heightened demand, and sharply inflated prices, for tariff-free scrap.
The aluminium industry is asking the EU to stem outflows using export…
