The U.S. started collecting tariffs last Saturday on imported quartz slabs used for countertops, backsplashes and bathroom tiles, dividing the industry among opponents who warn of added consumer ...

Quartz Surface Products as provided in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS), Chapters 68 and 70 subheadings, Chapter 99 Additional U.S. Note 41, and addressed in Presidential ...

WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - U.S. President ‌Donald Trump on Friday signed ⁠a proclamation to impose a tariff-rate quota on imports ‌of ⁠quartz surface products from several ⁠countries.

1. On May 18, 2026, the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) transmitted to the President a report (ITC Report) on its investigation under section 202 of the Trade Act of 1974, as ...

Oracle reduced its workforce by 13% over the past 12 months and cited AI deployment in an annual filing on Monday. The company currently employs 141,000 full-time workers, down from 162,000 the ...

China’s efforts to secure a key material for solar panels and semiconductors have taken a big step forward. Researchers have found a promising new source of high-purity quartz in Tibet. High-purity ...

On paper, the job market looks pretty darn good. The 4.3% unemployment rate is below both the 10-year average of 4.6% and the 50-year average of 6.1%. For the second month in a row, the official ...

Subnautica 2 quartz locations seem like an enigma at first, as you're given very little information about where to find them. However, once you know where to look, it's one of the most plentiful ...

Last year, domestic quartz surface product manufacturers filed a petition with the US International Trade Commission (ITC) seeking relief from quartz imports. The ITC subsequently determined that ...

Countertop maker Cambria and seven other U.S. manufacturers won a resounding victory from the International Trade Commission, which ruled that a significant increase of cheaper quartz imports from ...

Jeff Rose, a part owner of a countertop fabrication shop in Nicholasville, Ky., is among the hundreds, if not thousands, of workers who have been diagnosed with silicosis, a lethal lung disease caused ...

An epidemic of a deadly lung disease among hundreds of workers who cut kitchen and bathroom countertops has regulators on opposite sides of the country considering two drastically different responses ...