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U.S. Silicon Metal Producers Welcome Favorable Preliminary Trade Rulings on Imports from Angola, Australia, Laos, Norway, and Thailand
Ferroglobe USA, Inc. ("Ferroglobe") and Mississippi Silicon LLC ("Mississippi Silicon"), representing all American silicon metal production, welcomed the recent favorable preliminary determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce ("Commerce") in the investigations of unfairly priced and subsidized silicon metal imports from Angola, Australia, Laos, Norway, and Thailand.
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