Monthly Archives: February 2015

Copper surplus in doubt amid Olympic Dam outage.

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Large Spot Discounts in Shanghai Copper Market Lure Traders into Buying

Posted on February 13, 2015 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Large Spot Discounts in Shanghai Copper Market Lure Traders into Buying #metals

Aurubis earnings beat expectations, remains optimistic

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Anglo American takes $3.9 bn charge on sliding iron ore

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China seizes upper hand in iron ore market after deal with Vale

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Operating Rate at China Primary Lead Smelters Falls to 59.8% in January.

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Russia may revive copper export duty to ease price strain in domestic market

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Sherritt posts bigger-than-expected loss as nickel prices fall

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Hindalco’s copper business dulls aluminium’s shine

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COLUMN-Falling Indonesian supply fails to support tin price: Andy Home

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Brazil’s primary aluminium output down by a quarter in 2014

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Rio Tinto’s Walsh Defends Iron Ore Strategy as Prices Collapse

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BHP to lose 60,000-70,000 T copper output from Olympic Dam mine

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Indonesian tin producers eye export stoppage to support prices

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The elephant in the room

Posted on February 13, 2015 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Aluminium: The elephant in the room (Part II) #metals

The elephant enters the room

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Chinese Shake Up Aluminum #metals

Posted on February 13, 2015 by jvbmetals

Chinese Shake Up Aluminum

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JOBS: Manager, Base Metals Operations (Cu/Zn), Stamford, CT #jobs #metals

Posted on February 13, 2015 by jvbmetals

JOBS: Manager, Base Metals Operations (Cu/Zn), Stamford, CT

Posted in Industry news | Comments Off on JOBS: Manager, Base Metals Operations (Cu/Zn), Stamford, CT #jobs #metals

INTERVIEW-Vale’s CEO rules out nickel IPO, writedowns.

Posted on February 11, 2015 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on INTERVIEW-Vale’s CEO rules out nickel IPO, writedowns #metals

Congo Submits Draft Mine Code in Face of Industry Opposition

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CME sees savings opportunity in electronic options shift

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JOBS: Base Metal Concs Trader, Zug, Switzerland

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Batten down the hatches on industrial commodities, says Standard Bank

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Hedge Funds Are Massively Long Gold, Short Copper.

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Vedanta CEO says to make tough calls on Zambia copper unit

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Balochistan to stop funding copper, gold project

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Sinking of ship carrying Malaysian bauxite raises moisture concerns

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China’s 10 nonferrous metal output up 7.2% in 2014 to 44.17 mln tons

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European stainless distributors fear further fall in surcharges: Damstahl

Posted on February 11, 2015 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on European stainless distributors fear further fall in surcharges: Damstahl #stainless #steel

Hydro to invest $514 mln in pilot aluminium plant

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China rule change paves way for Vale’s mega-ships official entry.

Posted on February 11, 2015 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on China rule change paves way for Vale’s mega-ships official entry #ironore

Indonesian alumina refinery starts up, Japan to take most output

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Aluminium: Price Divergence emerges

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Record Iron Ore Glut Seen by ANZ as Price Forecasts Cut 30%

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Chinese banks bulk up in London’s commodity sector

Posted on February 10, 2015 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Chinese banks bulk up in London’s commodity sector #metals #commodities

Is The LME’s NASAAC Contract In Terminal Decline, Or Facing A New Lease

Posted on February 10, 2015 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Is The LME’s NASAAC Contract In Terminal Decline, Or Facing A New Lease #metals LME

COLUMN-Nickel’s bull story; just a simple matter of timing?: Andy Home

Posted on February 10, 2015 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on COLUMN-Nickel’s bull story; just a simple matter of timing?: Andy Home #metals

Sumitomo Metal cuts profit forecast on appraisal loss on Goro nickel stake

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Alba names acting chief marketing officer.

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Chile Collahuasi mine working half-capacity on maintenance -sources

Posted on February 10, 2015 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Chile Collahuasi mine working half-capacity on maintenance -sources #metals