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Female camp employees used as sex workers at Ramu mine

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Chrome export tariff put on ice

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Rising freight cost to price out SA chrome exports.

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Nickel Pioneer Shut Out as China Cuts Back Smokestacks

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China’s Li Keqiang says defaults ‘unavoidable’

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Participants pessimistic about Chinese zinc ingot market

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Rio Tinto wins WA gov’t approval for iron ore production expansion

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Canadian mining industry applauds new Free Trade Agreement with South Korea.

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Gold up at six-month high as Ukraine, China prompt safe-haven bids

Posted on March 13, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Gold up at six-month high as Ukraine, China prompt safe-haven bids

US scrap copper trade fears defaults from China

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SA platinum sector is dead, long live the new platinum sector

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Australian iron ore miners not sweating yet over price drop

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Senior Refined Metals Trader, Singapore

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Senior Base Metal/LME Options Trader, London

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CBA Daily Alert: US crude oil production at 25-year highs

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China’s 2014 copper cathode output to rise 6% on year to 6.6 mil mt: Antaike

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Leading Chinese steelmakers cut scrap purchase prices on iron ore slump

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Turkish steel scrap import market slips, but sentiment still strong

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Brazil’s scrap exports climb, prices drop year on year in February

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Iran Thaw Seen Re-Stoking $6 Billion Market for Steel

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LME will be more than metals, says Jones

Posted on March 12, 2014 by jvbmetals

http://www.metalbulletin.com/Article/3318678/LME-will-be-more-than-metals-says-Jones.html

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MB VIDEO: The implications of the Indonesian ore export ban on bauxite

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Copper hit as banks cut import financing

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Chinese ferromolybdenum market drops further

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Indonesia bauxite owners prudent in investing alumina refineries

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Markets watching to see why copper getting scorched.

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U.S. scrap copper trade fears defaults from China

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More tin products among Indonesian exports

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Indonesian navy seizes tin shipment

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Japanese ferrous scrap prices dip in monthly auction to $299.50/mt FAS

Posted on March 12, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Japanese ferrous scrap prices dip in monthly auction to $299.50/mt FAS

China’s Feb refined copper imports fall 29% on month, rise 27% on year

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US steel sheet increase talk on the rise

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Drop in iron ore prices not impacting contracts: Rio Tinto

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Rising Chrome-Ore Demand Pressures Zimbabwe to Lift Export Ban

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China Steel Mills Slide as Credit Squeeze, Iron Ore Panic Grips

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Australian state rejects Glencore bauxite mine bid

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Small, high-cost iron ore miners face year of reckoning

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Chinese bond default shakes global copper market

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German aluminium industry optimistic for 2014.

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China firms to increase overseas metals futures trade – sources

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