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Commerce Section 232 Investigation Report on Vanadium Now With White House

The Commerce Department “delivered its investigation to determine the effects on United States national security of imports" of vanadium to the White House on Feb. 22, a spokesperson said. Commerce began the investigation last year after requests by two domestic…

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producers, AMG Vanadium and U.S. Vanadium (see 2006020041). Commerce referred questions about the report's contents to the White House, which didn't respond to a request for comment. If Commerce concluded that vanadium imports are a national security threat, the president has 90 days to decide whether to accept the findings and recommendations, according to a Congressional Research Service report on Section 232 investigations.