Country is planning to raise surveillance of copper and aluminum imports while developing policies to curb shipments from China and other Asian nations to protect domestic producers, said two government sources and an industry official.

The privately-held group is seeking acquisitions that include green energy in order to meet its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2030.

China’s once-in-a-decade aluminum trade inversion is first and foremost down to the arbitrage window that opened in the second quarter.

The ghost of 2009 is looming ever larger in the industrial metals sector.

The London Metal Exchange is planning to lead the metallic drive towards a cleaner future.