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Alcan Inc. plans to build a $550-million pilot plant at it Jonquiere site in Qubec to develop the company’s proprietary AP50 smelting technology.
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Revere Copper Products Inc. said Thursday that it will raise prices for brass sheet and strip products at the start of next year in a bid to offset higher costs for zinc.
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FreightCar America Inc., Chicago, said it has delivered its 100,000th aluminum railcar to a customer 20 years after the company introduced an aluminum-bodied, coal-carrying car.
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Alcan Inc. said Thursday that it is launching a research and development initiative in France that will focus on pot cell technology as part of its AP series aluminum smelting technology.
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The temporary shutdown of Zinifex Ltd.’s big lead and zinc mine in Queensland, Australia, had no impact on the zinc market, traders said Wednesday.
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Xstrata Plc is preparing to present workers at its Altonorte copper smelter in Chile with a new labor agreement on Thursday, according to trade sources.
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Alcan Inc. appears set to announce the location of a pilot plant using its new AP50 smelter technology, the successor to the existing AP35 technology.
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Votorantim Metais, Brazil’s largest nonferrous metals producer, has gained the rights to explore a nickel deposit in Bolivia, a company spokeswoman said.
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Alcan Inc. appears set to announce the location of a pilot plant using its new AP50 smelter technology, the successor to the existing AP35 technology.
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The U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday that it needs more time before issuing preliminary results of an administrative review of dumping margins on magnesium metal imports from Russia.
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A report that production at Alcoa Inc.’s alumina refinery in Point Comfort, Texas, has been cut is not accurate, according to a company spokesman.
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Primary aluminum production in the United States through November totaled 2,278,774 tonnes on an annualized basis, down 8.3 percent from the first 11 months of last year, the Aluminum Association said this week.
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Primary aluminum production in the United States on an annualized basis totaled 2,278,774 tonnes through November, down 8.3 percent from the comparable 11-month period in 2005, the Aluminum Association said this week.
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The U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday that it needs more time before issuing preliminary results of a administrative review of dumping margins on magnesium metal from Russia.
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More investors are pouring increasing volumes of cash into commodities, according to a survey unveiled by Barclays Capital in New York.
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Zinifex Ltd. and NV Umicore SA have agreed to spin off their smelting and alloying businesses into a new company that will become the world’s largest producer of zinc metal.
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Cadmium prices have risen further as supplies tighten amid continued strong demand, market sources said this week.
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A potential strike at Xstrata Plc’s Altonorte copper smelter in Chile could release more copper concentrate onto the market and raise spot treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs), according to traders.
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More investors are pouring increasing volumes of cash into commodities, according to a survey unveiled by Barclays Capital in New York Tuesday.
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A potential strike at Xstrata Plc’s Altonorte copper smelter in Chile could release more copper concentrates onto the market and raise spot treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs), according to traders.
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The gap in 2007 magnesium contract prices between the early birds and last-minute shoppers has grown to historic levels as indications of future supply tightness grow.
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Cadmium prices have firmed further as supplies tighten amid continued strong demand, sources said this week.
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Hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors LLC, which holds a 5.1-percent stake in Phelps Dodge Corp., plans to vote against a takeover offer for the copper producer by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.
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Ormet Corp. plans to begin pouring metal at its restarted smelter in Hannibal, Ohio, next Tuesday.