Category Archives: People, companies & exchanges

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

Zambia: KCM Defies Govt Order.

Posted on March 20, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Zambia: KCM Defies Govt Order

RUSAL and Omen sign shareholder agreement to create JV.

Posted on March 20, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on RUSAL and Omen sign shareholder agreement to create JV

COLUMN-CME makes another play for the aluminium market: Andy Home

Posted on March 20, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on COLUMN-CME makes another play for the aluminium market: Andy Home

Macquarie’s Scale applies for COMEX copper warehousing

Posted on March 20, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Macquarie’s Scale applies for COMEX copper warehousing

UBS precious metals trader Flotron on leave from bank-sources

Posted on March 19, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on UBS precious metals trader Flotron on leave from bank-sources

JPM deal propels Mercuria to elite club of commodity titans

Posted on March 19, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on JPM deal propels Mercuria to elite club of commodity titans

CME details warehouse applications for new aluminum futures contract

Posted on March 19, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on CME details warehouse applications for new aluminum futures contract

Gerald Metals opens iron ore trading desk in Switzerland

Posted on March 19, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Gerald Metals opens iron ore trading desk in Switzerland

JPMorgan Said to Agree on Commodities Unit Sale to Mercuria

Posted on March 19, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on JPMorgan Said to Agree on Commodities Unit Sale to Mercuria

Chalco warns of change in competitive landscape after return to the black

Posted on March 19, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Chalco warns of change in competitive landscape after return to the black

JPMorgan sells commodities trading unit to Mercuria

Posted on March 19, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on JPMorgan sells commodities trading unit to Mercuria

Mercuria: A Commodity Trading Powerhouse’s Quiet Rise

Posted on March 19, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Mercuria: A Commodity Trading Powerhouse’s Quiet Rise

Copper price slump creates opportunity for SHFE night market

Posted on March 19, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Copper price slump creates opportunity for SHFE night market

Alcoa LAC selects new president

Posted on March 18, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Alcoa LAC selects new president

Kloeckner acquires majority of Riedo Bau & Stahl

Posted on March 18, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Kloeckner acquires majority of Riedo Bau & Stahl

CME Group to Launch North American Physically Delivered Aluminum Futures

Posted on March 18, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on CME Group to Launch North American Physically Delivered Aluminum Futures

Rio Writes Down $4.7 Billion of Unit Operating Mongolia Mine

Posted on March 18, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Rio Writes Down $4.7 Billion of Unit Operating Mongolia Mine

China to launch HRC futures March 21

Posted on March 18, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on China to launch HRC futures March 21

Antofagasta Profit Plunges, Copper Production Improves

Posted on March 18, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Antofagasta Profit Plunges, Copper Production Improves

POSCO Drives Reorganization and Reshuffles Executives for 2014.

Posted on March 17, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on POSCO Drives Reorganization and Reshuffles Executives for 2014

Future of tin industry after Indonesian Tin Exchange

Posted on March 17, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Future of tin industry after Indonesian Tin Exchange

What Collapsing Copper Prices Could Mean For Rio Tinto And BHP Billiton

Posted on March 17, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on What Collapsing Copper Prices Could Mean For Rio Tinto And BHP Billiton

Russian Richest Face Margin Calls With Billions at Stake

Posted on March 17, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Russian Richest Face Margin Calls With Billions at Stake

HKEx named as co-defendant in LME aluminium lawsuits

Posted on March 17, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on HKEx named as co-defendant in LME aluminium lawsuits

JPM’s Masters Likely to Stay With Bank Until Commodities Unit Sale Complete

Posted on March 14, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on JPM’s Masters Likely to Stay With Bank Until Commodities Unit Sale Complete

HKEx: Update on LME Legal Proceedings

Posted on March 14, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on HKEx: Update on LME Legal Proceedings

Novelis hires former U.S. Zinc executive

Posted on March 14, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Novelis hires former U.S. Zinc executive

How Rio Tinto Used Big Data Technology To Save $90 Million

Posted on March 14, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on How Rio Tinto Used Big Data Technology To Save $90 Million

Berkeley’s Pacific Steel Files For Bankruptcy, Hopes to Remain Open

Posted on March 14, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Berkeley’s Pacific Steel Files For Bankruptcy, Hopes to Remain Open

Carlyle, Louis Bacon to Buy Commodities Firm Traxys

Posted on March 13, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Carlyle, Louis Bacon to Buy Commodities Firm Traxys

More Worries for Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc..

Posted on March 13, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on More Worries for Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. | Motley Fool

EMAL to supply aluminium to Ducab’s new plant

Posted on March 13, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on EMAL to supply aluminium to Ducab’s new plant

OOC signs MoU to develop Yanqul copper project

Posted on March 13, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on OOC signs MoU to develop Yanqul copper project

Female camp employees used as sex workers at Ramu mine

Posted on March 13, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Female camp employees used as sex workers at Ramu mine | PNG Mine Watch

Nickel Pioneer Shut Out as China Cuts Back Smokestacks

Posted on March 13, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Nickel Pioneer Shut Out as China Cuts Back Smokestacks

Rio Tinto wins WA gov’t approval for iron ore production expansion

Posted on March 13, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Rio Tinto wins WA gov’t approval for iron ore production expansion

Glencore Takes a Bath with RUSAL: John Helmer

Posted on March 11, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Glencore Takes a Bath with RUSAL: John Helmer

CME Group Receives Regulatory Approval for Launch of its European Exchange

Posted on March 11, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on CME Group Receives Regulatory Approval for Launch of its European Exchange

Panel says Guinea should strip BSGR, Vale of rights to iron deposit

Posted on March 11, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Panel says Guinea should strip BSGR, Vale of rights to iron deposit

Malaysian aluminum can maker gets offer from new suitor Toyota Tsusho

Posted on March 11, 2014 by jvbmetals | Comments Off on Malaysian aluminum can maker gets offer from new suitor Toyota Tsusho