Category Archives: Industry news

Why China’s solid crude steel production helps dry bulk shippers

U.S. Aluminum-Can Recycling Hits 20-Year High

Inalum to buy alumina from local smelters

Metalloinvest increases pig iron production capacity.

COLUMN-LME nickel tightness; bullish or bearish?: Andy Home

SSAB eyes better demand in US, Asia

Zijin Mining’s net profit down 50.55% in Jan-Sep

Kazakhmys says will hit 2013 output guidance, shares up 5 pct

Metal One eyeing larger market share with steel plate processing plant in São Paulo

Agarwal Said Close to Restarting Sesa Mines

5N Plus to Receive First Delivery from Vietnamese Bismuth Mine

Greenland votes to allow uranium, rare earths mining

European apparent steel consumption to rise next year: Eurofer

Copper producer/recycler Aurubis sees TC/RCs higher

BHP Billiton remains bullish on Chinese demand for commodities

China and the Dollar-Based Financial System

Tin as a fuel catalyst? Tin as a fire retardant? Its potential uses keep growing — along with the list of companies exploring for it

How new REE miners might steal a march on their Chinese competition

USA West Coast Brass and Zinc scrap price climbs higher

African crude steel output increased 7.8% y/y in September

China’s manufacturing hits 7-month high: HSBC

China shifts metal imports from refined to raw materials

Kobe and Angang sign jv for automotive cold-rolled HSS

Iron ore shipments rise on US Great Lakes in September.

Aluminum Premiums’ Gain Seen Driven by Surging Withdrawal Orders

Buying interest for bulk US scrap picks up in East Asia

US sheet steel prices steady, import offers on horizon

China’s NFC to build 8 mil mt/year lead, zinc project in Indonesia for Russia’s MBC

Platinum Shortages Extending as Car Sales Quicken

Zambia’s Kansanshi Mulls Exporting Copper Concentrate

POSCO cuts 2013 sales outlook; Q3 profit nearly halves.

Nyrstar cuts 2013 zinc mining guidance

China’s new free trade zone will not allow LME warehouses

BIR Non-Ferrous World Mirror October 2013

Copper demand rising, surplus small – Freeport CEO says

Alcoa Jumps on Speculation Aluminum Will Rise

Refined copper market shows deficit of 151,000 mt in July: ICSG

US steel sheet prices rising, questions looming about first quarter