Category Archives: People, companies & exchanges

News about metals people/companies on the move and about the markets themselves.

Mount Polley tailings spill a ‘significant issue’: Canada mining group

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Hermes Betting Against Zinc as Smelters Boosting Output

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Citigroup Seeks $270M From Mercuria in China Metals Trial

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StanChart takes $175 mln provision for suspected Qingdao fraud

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IOSCO surveys warehouse impact on commodity derivatives market

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Workers at Shougang’s iron mine in Peru to start strike on August 18

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Henry Bath seeks to exit aluminum price-fixing case

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LME And Rusal Back In UK Court Over Warehousing Rules

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London platinum/palladium fixes seek third-party admin, in wake of silver/gold

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Codelco Appoints Nelson Pizarro CEO to Revamp Chile Copper Mines

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Glencore reaps $7 bln from Las Bambas mine sale to China’s MMG

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Alcoa completes closure of Australia aluminuim smelter

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LME warehousing battle set to rumble on

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COLUMN-LME warehousing; all change or no change? Andy Home

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Shanghai FTZ will launch a commodities exchange; will debut with copper

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“I had a banking career change at 37. Now I’m 40. Life is great”: Adam Knight

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Court appeal to move LME closer to cutting warehouse backlogs

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Goldman unit eyes foray into China amid metals financing scandal

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London gold fix company appoints committee to oversee benchmark

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HSBC, Deutsche Bank named in US suit for silver price-fix

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Thyssen hires Deutsche Bank to manage VDM unit sale: sources

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Congo president fires CEO of state miner Gecamines for gross negligence

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BHP plans 3-year Olympic Dam process trial from late 2016

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LME and Colt collaborate to launch LMEnet.

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Fears Zambales nickel mining killing marine life.

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Two Vale New Caledonia guards shot | Radio New Zealand News.

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Jinchuan Group to invest funds in Zambia’s mineral exploration works

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Trafigura Unit Seeks to Curb Liability at Chinese Port

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Codelco Union Threatens Protests to Demand Copper Mine Funds

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BHP, Anglo-American to Seek Buyers for Manganese Assets – WSJ.

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China to launch coal, iron ore swaps on Aug 4

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LME approves BTG Pactual to operate warehouses in Singapore

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Middle age catches up with Standard Chartered

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Former Alba ceo sentenced to 16 months in prison for corruption #metals

Former Alba ceo sentenced to 16 months in prison for corruption

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MMG gets a step closer to sealing $5.9b Las Bambas buy

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Matalco to build new aluminum billet plant in Lordstown, Ohio

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Metal ETFs Lure Investors at Fastest Pace in Five Years #metals

Metal ETFs Lure Investors at Fastest Pace in Five Years

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Credit Suisse to wind down commodities trading #commodities

Credit Suisse to wind down commodities trading

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LME Fines Traders at Dealers for Standing in Open Outcry

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EPA proposal could derail planned Pebble Mine in Alaska

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