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Market fundamentals support rhodium near $1,000/oz: A-1 Specialized – Metals | Platts News Article & Story.

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US mill shipments up 6% in July from June, but YTD still down from 2012: AISI – Metals | Platts News Article & Story.

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Antaike raises China’s 2013 alumina output forecast to 46.5 mil mt – Metals | Platts News Article & Story.

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Alcoa’s Hometown Footprint Is Shrinking – WSJ.com.

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http://www.scrapregister.com/news/1641/chinese-economy-has-strong-fundamentals-srb-may-buy-rare-earth-in-october

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COLUMN-Lead market’s bull credentials take a knock: Andy Home – Yahoo Finance UK.

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Anglo American pulls out of Pebble copper project JV in Alaska – Metals | Platts News Article & Story.

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Russia January-August Steel Output 2.8% Down on Year – WSJ.com.

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Steel trader Stemcor chairman Ralph Oppenheimer retires – Yahoo Finance UK.

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Gold mine measure ‘to reflect true costs’ – FT.com.

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http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSL3N0HC1AH20130916?feedType=RSS&irpc=932

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Shanghai trade zone may give rest of China a kick | Considered View | Breakingviews.

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Mexico planning to tighten import rules on 113 steel products – BNamericas.

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Midwest aluminum premiums dip amid hesitancy | AMM | 12/09/2013.

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PT Inalum owner sees big gap with Indonesia in stake sale talks.

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Magnesium alloy sliding down further in price-Asian Metal.

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China s Dalian Exchange gets approval for iron ore futures – Shanghai Metals Market.

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China Manganese Ore Market Movement (2013 9 13) – Shanghai Metals Market.

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NBS: China s Refined Copper Output Rises 12.26% YoY Jan August 2013 – Shanghai Metals Market.

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PASAR readies study on copper rod project | BusinessWorld Online.

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Emal expansion ahead of schedule as aluminium production is boosted | The National.

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Atlas seeks higher copper production – Manila Standard Today.

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North American copper scrap prices mostly declined on Index – Shanghai Metals Market.

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Montepeque of Platts Caught in Battle Over Oil Price Assessments – Bloomberg.

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Buy This Copper Producer on Lack of New Discoveries.

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Aleris appeals PSC order on Century/Big Rivers ruling – Metals | Platts News Article & Story.

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Glencore Agrees to Study $3 Billion Congo Iron Ore Mine – Bloomberg.

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WORKERS AT SHOUGANG PERU END 30-DAY STRIKE | Mining Business Media.

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Noble wins stake in Nyrstar zinc marketing deal – sources | Reuters.

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U.S. swaps regulator seeks bank openness on commodities | Reuters.

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Foundry-Planet: SA – Breathing new life into the scrap metals industry.

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Russia’s ferrous metal export volume down 7.9 percent in Jan-July.

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China’s spot prices for imported ferrochrome rise as rupee, rand recover – Metals | Platts News Article & Story.

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Turkish steel mill books bulk scrap cargo ex-UK at weaker prices – Metals | Platts News Article & Story.

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Goldman Sees Risk of Gold Below $1,000 on U.S. Economy – Bloomberg.

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Japan’s iron ore imports grew in July : MoF,1 | ScrapMonster.com.

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Thai stainless scrap exporters forecast a slight price rise-Asian Metal.

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Chinese bismuth ingot prices rise slightly on the increasing purchasing activities-Asian Metal.

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Ukrainian crude steel output expected to decline in October from August level.

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China sets caps for rare earths exploration-China Mining.

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