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Constellium has renamed its three core business divisions in order to better reflect the commercial focus of each unit.
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Copper and steel prices should rise over the course of 2013 as Chinese demand rebounds following the country’s leadership transition, according to VTB Capital Plc.
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Copper mining projects are facing increased delays due to cost overruns, among other factors, according to Jay K. Grewal, Capstone Mining Corp.’s senior vice president of strategy and stakeholder affairs.
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As the House and Senate mull proposals for immigration reform, some trade groups have evinced general support for reform while others are holding back as they wait to see what emerges.
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The United Steelworkers union supports immigration reform and believes that a sensible change in policy would benefit the metals industry and the broader economy, a USW official said.
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The aluminum industry is prepared to meet increasing demand from the automotive industry and other potential growth markets.
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Russian metal and mining companies are focusing on lowering capital expenditures to attract investment and limit exposure, according to speakers at the VTB Capital Investment Forum in New York.
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Xstrata Nickel has started metal production at its $5-billion Koniambo nickel project in the South Pacific island of New Caledonia, the company said April 11.
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Trevali Mining Corp. has completed construction of its Santander zinc-lead-silver mine in Peru, despite challenging weather conditions in the Andes.
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W. Brook Hamilton has been named president of extruder Bonnell Aluminum Inc. effective June 1, parent company Tredegar Corp. said April 9.
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There is no evidence that copper end-users "will not be able to obtain their desired brands of copper at their desired locations" as a result of a physical copper ETF, according to the SEC.
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Years of recession and the lessons gleaned from those tough times have helped aluminum producers cope with current low prices on the London Metal Exchange, according to industry executives.
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The North American aluminum industry is seeing demand recover to pre-recession levels, according to Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp.’s top executive.
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Physical copper premiums don’t reflect market fundamentals, an indication that "the copper value chain is broken," according to Luvata vice president of metals Ian Scarlett.
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Incentivizing copper’s movement into LME warehouses for financing deals is unhealthy and doesn’t reflect the underlying market fundamentals, Thomas Keller Lippold said.
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Global copper fabricator Luvata has lowered its expectations for 2013 sales but remains uncertain how the rest of the year will play out.
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The aluminum industry has a good story to tell to both Republicans and Democrats when it comes to meeting stricter fuel economy standards in the United States, according to one political journalist.
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Copper producer Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) made contingency plans to cope with the one-day national strike April 9, which the company said was unjustified, president and chief executive officer Thomas Keller Lippold told AMM.
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The rise of megacities is driving up copper consumption, but existing mines won’t be enough to meet demand, according to Robert Friedland, executive chairman and founder of Ivanplats Ltd.
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General Cable Corp. is looking to boost aluminum’s presence in the wire and cable markets and sees increasing success in the power transmission sector, a company executive said.
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Bolstered by automotive and aerospace demand, Alcoa Inc. expects aluminum demand to grow 6.5 percent over the next decade, outstripping global gross domestic product gains.
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The U.S. trade deficit for iron and steel mill products grew 11.5 percent month on month in February to $657 million, as exports slipped and imports rose 4.2 percent, according to the latest Bureau of Economic Analysis data.
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DLA Strategic Materials is again offering 2,000 short tons of 76.76-percent high-carbon ferromanganese from the domestic market and 1,145 tons of 76.45-percent material from Japan.
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Some mill-grade aluminum scrap prices increased April 8 as strengthening terminal markets coupled with steady demand lent support to the secondary market.