Kirstyn Petras

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Key takeaways: Discussions at the ReMA Roundtables were dominated by the unprecedented 50% tariffs on aluminium imposed by the Trump administration, which have led to historic market uncertainty and pricing challenges that industry veterans have never before faced. While the tariffs aim to revitalize American manufacturing, industry leaders voiced at the ReMA Roundtables that long-term investment is impractical without price stability and policy assurances, which are currently lacking.

The US would need at least a decade to achieve copper self-sufficiency through domestic production and processing, meaning continued reliance on imports in the short and medium term despite a 50% import tariff set to begin on August 1, according to Pedro Pablo Lavín, a former commercial executive at Chilean mining company Enami.