Category Archives: Industry news

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China Ferrochrome: Rollover of November purchase prices, output cuts support spot market

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Chinese domestic spot aluminum alloy ADC12 offers inch up as primary ingot prices rebound

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China copper: Spot CIF import offers slip on prevailing weak buying interest

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Goldman Sachs Bullish Alumina on Indonesia Bauxite Constraints

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Don’t Catch a Falling Knife! ABN Sees Gold at $800 Next Year

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China Rail Projects Good for Steel, Zinc, Copper & Aluminum – Market Talk

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Iron ore at 5-year low, big China mills cut output

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Tug boat operators plan short strike at top Australian iron ore port

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Iron ore traders say $70 soon…

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Peru trims its view of copper output in 2014, 2015

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COLUMN-More shake, rattle and roll on LME aluminium curve: Andy Home

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Physical Copper Quoted at RMB 20 80 mt Premium as SHFE Copper Rebounds

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China alumina stable, yet ailing aluminium prices choke demand

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China’s Malaysian Bauxite Imports Hit Record High in Sep

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Indian stainless makers in a fix over rising imports: ISSDA

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Port Hedland Iron Ore Exports to China Climb as Supplies Expand

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Iron ore falls to near five-year low as glut pressures

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COLUMN-Can nickel recover from its spectacular boom and bust?: Andy Home

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China to Run out of Nickel Ore Port Inventories April 2015, SMM Estimates

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China mulls scrapping moly export quota, tax after WTO ruling: traders

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Zambia by-election may disrupt copper miners.

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U.S. Zinc completes phase two of Tennessee expansion

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Producción de cobre en Chile cae 5,0 pct en septiembre: Gobierno

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Inalum to Build $2b Aluminum Smelter

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Eskom in scramble to avert blackout

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China: Steel exports soar as domestic demand weakens

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A competitive US steel sheet market heads toward end-of-year uncertainty « The Barrel Blog.

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China faces friction over steel exports

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In war on smog, struggling China steel mills adapt to survive

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China probing jump in September precious metals exports: newspaper

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Physical Copper Trading Remains Modest as Downstream Producers Buy to Need

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China lead acid battery imports up 16.10% in September on demand for high-end products

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BIR Non-Ferrous World Mirror October 2014

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China copper: CIF import offers steady but signs of falling on weak buying

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Sherritt to Cut 10% of Workers, Sell Toronto Office

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COLUMN-Huh! Where did that copper market surplus go?: Andy Home

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Australia alumina: December parcel trades at $355/mt FOB

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Eurofer reduces growth outlook for EU steel demand

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Zambia may be backing off steeper mine royalty rates -Barrick

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Cargill taps Mike Frawley to head fresh foray into metals derivatives

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