<p>Indian metals-to-oil conglomerate <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/companies/vedanta-gets-demerger-nod-9999-shareholders-9995-lenders-support-move-3413710">Vedanta</a> said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump's doubling of aluminium tariffs to 50 per cent poses a threat to the Indian industry already struggling with surging imports.</p><p>Trump's latest round of tariffs on aluminium and steel, which took effect on Wednesday, have unsettled the global markets.</p><p>"The 50% tariff announced by Trump is damaging to the Indian aluminium industry, which is already under pressure from surging imports that threaten to create surplus and risk to domestic market access," a Vedanta spokesperson told <em>Reuters</em>.</p>.Trump's double steel and aluminum tariffs come into effect.<p>The miner, which is the country's largest aluminium producer, urged the Indian government to implement tariffs to protect against imports.</p><p>"..There should be duty guard-rails for the aluminium industry as well which has so far invested more than $20 billion to set up the current domestic primary aluminium capacity," the spokesperson said.</p><p>India's cumulative aluminum exports fell 19% to 2.24 million metric tons in the fiscal year ended March 2025, according to government data.</p><p>Separately, the country's federal steel minister said earlier this week that the impact of Trump's steel tariffs would be minor on the local industry, as India, the world's second-largest crude steel producer, does not export to the US in significant quantities.</p><p>In April, India imposed a 12% temporary tariff on some steel imports, locally known as a safeguard duty, to curb a surge in cheap shipments primarily from China.</p>
<p>Indian metals-to-oil conglomerate <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/business/companies/vedanta-gets-demerger-nod-9999-shareholders-9995-lenders-support-move-3413710">Vedanta</a> said on Wednesday that US President Donald Trump's doubling of aluminium tariffs to 50 per cent poses a threat to the Indian industry already struggling with surging imports.</p><p>Trump's latest round of tariffs on aluminium and steel, which took effect on Wednesday, have unsettled the global markets.</p><p>"The 50% tariff announced by Trump is damaging to the Indian aluminium industry, which is already under pressure from surging imports that threaten to create surplus and risk to domestic market access," a Vedanta spokesperson told <em>Reuters</em>.</p>.Trump's double steel and aluminum tariffs come into effect.<p>The miner, which is the country's largest aluminium producer, urged the Indian government to implement tariffs to protect against imports.</p><p>"..There should be duty guard-rails for the aluminium industry as well which has so far invested more than $20 billion to set up the current domestic primary aluminium capacity," the spokesperson said.</p><p>India's cumulative aluminum exports fell 19% to 2.24 million metric tons in the fiscal year ended March 2025, according to government data.</p><p>Separately, the country's federal steel minister said earlier this week that the impact of Trump's steel tariffs would be minor on the local industry, as India, the world's second-largest crude steel producer, does not export to the US in significant quantities.</p><p>In April, India imposed a 12% temporary tariff on some steel imports, locally known as a safeguard duty, to curb a surge in cheap shipments primarily from China.</p>