Category Archives: Industry news

China’s Shanghai FTZ bans moly, tin, tungsten mining investment.

 COLUMN-Through the copper stocks looking glass: Andy Home.

Long Term Weakness for Uranium?

Michigan House Committee acts tough on sale of scrap,1 | ScrapMonster.com.

Steel scrap exports and consumption dropped during H1 2013 : BIR,1 | ScrapMonster.com.

Japan’s scrap imports grew 56.7% y/y in August : MoF,1 | ScrapMonster.com.

Northern Iron seeks long-term iron ore offtake deal with ThyssenKrupp.

SAIL sees record steel product sales in April-September.

Worthington announces cold rolled strip JV in China.

Attala Steel opens $5 million galvanizing facility.

Iron ore prices in Turkey remain still as global market quietens down-Asian Metal.

European cadmium prices firm, demand on the horizon-Asian Metal.

Large manufacturers’ sentiment of Japan improves in Q3: BOJ – Xinhua | English.news.cn.

Conflict in US – UK electrode ruling.

REUTERS SUMMIT-Steel firm Outokumpu should help itself -Finland’s state fund.

Newmont bids for Las Bambas to beef up copper assets – CEO Goldberg.

Mitsubishi Materials to Raise Second-Half Copper Output.

H1 2013 steel scrap consumption, international trade drops in largest markets.

Nyrstar, Noble sign 200,000 mt/year European zinc offtake deal.

Asia-Pacific metallurgical coal market stable, higher freight weighs on FOB prices.

India’s Nalco not to sell surplus alumina to domestic rival companies.

Two more US sheet steel producers join price hike.

Firms Say Banks Should Stay in Commodities Markets

Commodity benchmarks could fall under UK regulatory scrutiny.

BREE says weaker Australian dollar to boost export earnings in 2013-14

Myanmar to get more profit from controversial Chinese-backed mine.

Thomson Reuters: Inside Metals – Oct 1

http://www.platts.com/latest-news/metals/singapore/russias-rusal-state-bank-tie-up-to-produce-aluminum-26320455?sf802611=1

Warehouse queues top new LME chief’s agenda – FT.com.

Shanghai Metals Market: China Zinc’s Imports Soar 90% in August.

Russia’s Norilsk sees global loss-making nickel capacity cut in fourth-quarter.

GOFO: LBMA could charge more or disband gold rates

Column: Pressures building in Chinese steel sector: Andy Home

Aluminum Prices: Blame It on the Fed – Barrons.com.

Australian miners steel against China’s scrap growth.

Critical for Nalco to set up a second smelter: CMD Anshuman Das

UAE primary aluminium sector targets growth in Eurasia.

Kingsnorth rare earth market forecast

Metalone Shibaura Group Establishes a Plate Smelting Processing Company for Construction Equipment in Brazil | Japan Metal Bulletin.