Category Archives: Industry news

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China’s SHFE copper stocks fall to 30-month low on credit tightening concerns

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China’s May ferroalloy exports jump 25% year on year to 50,000 mt

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Indonesia Seeks Tin-Export Rules to Avoid Inaccurate Declaration

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Chinese iron ore output starts to fall

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Refined copper mart swings to deficit in March

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Top miners deepen iron ore discounts to China as supply grows

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Can we really do without coal? – Kemp

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China’s Aluminum FRP producers avg operating rate may decline to 61% in June

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China Turns to India, Australia to Fill Gap for Bauxite

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China’s SHFE copper stocks fall to 30-month low on credit tightening concerns

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Black Sea pig iron prices dip on bearish iron ore/scrap markets, Ukraine unrest

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London Metal Exchange to keep open outcry ring

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Four dead in Russia’s Gaisky copper mine blast

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After port fraud, China’s vast warehouse sector under scrutiny

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Copper Rises as China Factory Output Data Shows Growth

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Some buyers, sellers move closer in Japan Q3 aluminum premium talks: sources

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May daily average aluminum output up 200 mt/day: IAI

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COLUMN-China metals probe likely a short-term problem: Clyde Russell

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Poland’s KGHM says Chilean mine ready to operate in June-report

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Daily iron ore price update (historic bust)

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COLUMN-Nickel’s record-breaking week dampens bull spirits: Andy Home

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Govt Still Studying Controversial Nickel Mine in West Burma: Minister.

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Japan’s CR Austenitic Stainless Sheet Mills to Maintain $3,200 CFR Level

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Chinese VP in Zambia to boost ties with Africa’s copper giant

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China Maintains Quotas for Heavy Rare Earths, Tungsten

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China Metal Probe to Push Copper to LME Depots: Chart of the Day

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Aluminium sees ‘remarkable improvement’ of fundamentals: BofA Merrill Lynch

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ASIA FERROSILICON: Prices supported by tight supply, improved demand

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US sheet steel prices showing signs of life

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Record Nickel-Note Issuance Spurred by Indonesia’s Export Ban

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Subsidies re-appear: a pain killer in place of surgery | Black China Blog.

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Insight – As western automakers embrace aluminium, Asia still welded to steel

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Copper in longest winning streak since Dec on tight supply, zinc at 16-mth top

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China iron ore traders starved of credit as banks clamp down

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Deutsche Bank conducts internal probe into trading on gold fix

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Turkish Iron Ore Imports Declined in April; Jan Apr Imports Up 16.5%, Says TUIK

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Alcoa and Novelis steel for next test in aluminum auto race

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Nickel Drops as Inventories Surge Most in Five Years

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CHINA COPPER: CIF import trades thin on lingering concerns of Qingdao probe

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Finders Resources sells first copper cathode at premium

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