Nickel from China, Indonesia could face tariffs over market manipulation concerns, Ottawa says

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Open this photo in gallery: A worker in a protective suit pokes a metal rod to tap slag from a smelting furnace at PT Vale Indonesia's nickel processing plant in Sorowako, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023.Dita Alangkara/The Associated Press Federal Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says Canada and other Western countries should consider imposing tariffs against Indonesia and China because of the potential for market manipulation stemming from their stranglehold on the global nickel market. Indonesia has gone from supplying 7 per cent of the global supply of nickel to 55 per cent in the past five years,...