aluminum

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Two aluminum makers in the Middle East sustained damage to their production facilities over the weekend, fueling fears that supply could be disrupted by the continuing conflict.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

Those costs have gone up over the past year, due to higher U.S. tariffs on imported aluminum and rising global prices for the metal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

After the U.S. announced its tariffs on imported steel and aluminum last year, exporters “dramatically dropped” the value of those metals to lower the amount of tariffs that would be charged on them.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

About one-fifth of the imported aluminum in the U.S. comes from the Gulf countries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

For some reason he thought better of that and changed it to aluminum four years later.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson