Supply Chain Research

The Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is increasing pressure on mining companies based in Canada to pay their taxes. That comes as Mexican exports of mined ores has soared by 19.0% year over year in April after a 46.7% surge in Q1. The call also comes just ahead of the implementation of new dispute settlement rules under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Exports of copper were the most significant in terms of scale with a 16.0% rise in April while zinc surged 71.4% higher. Grupo Mexico was the largest exporter of copper with 46.1% of shipments in the 12 months to April 30 t...