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    August 7, 2018

    Alcoa Requests Tariff Exemption for Canadian Operations

    Written by Sandy Williams

    A major aluminum company has requested that Canada be exempt from Section 232 aluminum tariffs so that it can import alloy from its Canadian mills.

    Alcoa has three smelting facilities in Canada and three in the United States, as well as other global locations. The Baie-Comeau facility in Quebec produces specialty aluminum in 24-inch slabs, which are rolled into sheet at the Warrick facility in Indiana. The aluminum sheet is used by customers to make food and beverage cans.

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