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Rare earth prices to fade as mines up output, China loses dispute

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Trade Panel Backs U.S. in Dispute Over Minerals From China

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Australia cuts 2013/14 iron ore export forecast, sees price fall

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Iron Ore Forecast Cut by Australia as Miners Increase Output

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U.S. steel executives urge duties on some imports from South Korea

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China’s Tin imports fall by 80% y/y in February

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Anglo American restarts Chile Los Bronces mine after protest

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Jiangxi Copper Second-Half Profit Declines After Prices Drop

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China’s February alumina imports rise 31% on year to 460,000 mt

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China’s Gold Imports From Hong Kong Increase on Import Quotas

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Copper rebounds from recent sell-off

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Secondary aluminum plant considered in California

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Aditya Birla cave in at copper mine.

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Midwest aluminum premiums slide

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China rebar, iron ore rally as stimulus hopes grow

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Miners Brave Congo’s Warlord History as Demand for Tin Soars

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Over 300 earthquakes rock Chile, worries Chileans

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Barclays sees a further decline in Chinese import data for March

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Glencore Xstrata’s Peru copper mine hit by 48-hour strike

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Anglo American halts work at Los Bronces mine in Chile after violent protests by contractors

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Unicredit cuts forecasts for the price of copper

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Philippine Nickel Asia’s 2013 nickel ore shipments hit record 14 mil wmt

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China will lose battle to lift domestic iron ore supply: Hanking CEO

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US, Canada January aluminum demand down 2.9% year on year: trade group

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Miners Face Congo Conflict History Seeking Tin Without Warlords

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China ditches steel industry consolidation targets in new plan.

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Timah to Start Tin Oxide Production Next Year

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Copper Prices Continue Decline as well as Japan’s Scrap Steel Prices

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Vale says delivers nearly 400,000 mt of ore to new Malaysian terminal

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Copper and Iron Ore: Are Chinese financing deal fears overdone?

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Yangtze Nickel Near Completion of 80,000 tpy Ferro nickel Factory

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China Aluminium Semis Exports to Climb in 2014 on Domestic Cost Advantage: SMM

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High-Grade Iron Ore And Nickel Defy The Falling Trend In Commodity Markets

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Nickel price on the rise, but Cuba sees limited benefits

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CFTC ratchets up probe of exchange-for-futures deals

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Warehouse rule changes curb physically backed metals funds

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Ownership crisis hits ALSCON

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COLUMN-China credit squeeze ultimately positive for commodities: Clyde Russell

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China seeks more influence in setting iron ore prices.

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Press Metal may consider expansion of smelting operations in Sarawak

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