Nonferrous

• Jaguar Nickel appoints new board of directors Dec 06, 2006

  Jaguar Nickel Inc. has appointed a new board of directors on the back of nominations by the company’s largest shareholder, Northern Financial Corp., the company said Wednesday.

• LionOre appoints new directors; to purchase Aqueous Metallurgy Dec 06, 2006

  LionOre Mining International Ltd., Toronto, has appointed three new managing directors.

• Brazilian, Canadian unions meet in Sudbury Dec 06, 2006

  Union leaders from Brazil’s Cia. Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) are spending the week in Sudbury, Ontario, with their Canadian counterparts to exchange information and strengthen the unity between the two groups.

• LionOre appoints new directors; to buy Aqueous Metallurgy Dec 06, 2006

  LionOre Mining International Ltd., Toronto, has appointed three new managing directors, the company said Wednesday.

• Brokerage R.J. O’Brien acquires some Refco assets Dec 06, 2006

  R.J. O’Brien & Associates Inc. (RJO) has acquired substantially all of the assets of Refco Commodity Management Inc.—an affiliate of Refco Inc.—including the manager owning interest in the JWH Global Trust, a public commodity pool with more than $125 million in customer assets under management.

• Workers at Eramet’s Marietta plant reject proposed labor contract Dec 06, 2006

  The majority of workers at Eramet SA’s Marietta, Ohio, plant have rejected a proposed labor contract in a vote held Wednesday morning, union officials said.

• Asarco seeking extension to file reorganization Dec 06, 2006

  Copper producer Asarco LLC has applied for a four-month extension to file its Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan as the company struggles to settle a mountain of claims from creditors and secure a new labor agreement.

• *** WORKERS AT ERAMET’S MARIETTA PLANT REJECT PROPOSED LABOR CONTRACT Dec 06, 2006

• All eyes on Chinese as antimony prices firm in US, slide in Europe Dec 06, 2006

  U.S. antimony prices are firm while European prices have dipped slightly amid thin volumes and uncertainty among Chinese suppliers.

• Eramet Marietta workers take proposed labor deal to vote Dec 06, 2006

  The results of a union vote on a new labor contract at Eramet SA’s Marietta, Ohio, plant are expected to be released at 3 p.m. (local time) Wednesday, a source close to the company said.

• Alcan takes full control of French business Dec 06, 2006

  Alcan Inc., Montreal, has consolidated its ownership of France’s Carbone Savoie by completing the purchase of the 70-percent stake it did not hold from GrafTech International Ltd. for $135 million less certain price adjustments.

• China’s tax imbedded in moly price traders Dec 06, 2006

  Molybdenum prices are not expected to fall from the heights they reached following China’s imposition of a 10-percent export tax, according to market sources.

• Asarco seeks extension to file reorganization plan Dec 06, 2006

  Copper producer Asarco LLC has applied for a four-month-extension to file its reorganization plan as the company struggles to settle a mountain of claims from creditors and secure a new labor agreement.

• Alcan completes purchase of cathode business in France Dec 06, 2006

  Alcan Inc., Montreal, has consolidated its ownership of France’s Carbone Savoie by completing the purchase of the 70-percent stake it did not hold from GrafTech International Ltd. for $135 million less certain price adjustments.

• CVRD union officials from Brazil visit Sudbury Dec 06, 2006

  Union leaders from Brazil’s Cia. Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) are spending the week in Sudbury, Ontario, with their Canadian counterparts to exchange information and strengthen the unity between the two groups.

• Luvata boosting zinc metal adder Dec 05, 2006

  Luvata Buffalo Inc. said Tuesday it will increase its zinc metal surcharge on copper alloy sheet and strip products by 7.2 cents per pound effective Jan.1.

• Traders Chinese export tax now imbedded in moly price Dec 05, 2006

  Molybdenum prices are not expected to fall from the heights it reached on the back of Chinese export taxes imposed Nov. 1, according to market sources.

• US antimony prices hold as Europe’s slip Dec 05, 2006

  U.S. antimony prices have held firm while European prices have slid slightly amid thin volumes and uncertainty among Chinese suppliers.

• Rio Narcea to invest $8.1 million on exploration Dec 05, 2006

  Rio Narcea Gold Mines Ltd. will spend $8.1 million on exploration of its nickel properties in southern Spain and its gold concessions in Mauritania, West Africa.

• Canadian Arrow buying nickel-copper deposit Dec 05, 2006

  Canadian Arrow Mines Ltd., Sudbury, Ontario, has signed an option agreement to acquire the Denmark Lake nickel-copper property next to its Kenbridge deposit near Kenora, Ontario.

• Alcan nears final decision on prototype smelter exec Dec 05, 2006

  Alcan Inc., Montreal, is close to finalizing plans to build a prototype smelter with a capacity of 50,000 to 60,000 tonnes per year using the company’s latest AP50 technology, the successor to its existing AP35 technology.

• Alcan close to final decision on prototype smelter Dec 05, 2006

  Alcan Inc., Montreal, is close to finalizing plans to build a prototype smelter with a capacity of 50,000 to 60,000 tonnes per year using the company’s latest AP50 technology, the successor to its existing AP35 technology, Richard B. Evans, Alcan’s president and chief executive officer, said.

• HudBay becomes hunter–and possibly prey Dec 05, 2006

  Sitting on a stack of cash, HudBay Minerals Inc. is in active pursuit of acquiring assets, with a preference for a homegrown zinc company.

• Blue Pearl appoints Loughrey president, ceo Dec 05, 2006

  Blue Pearl Mining Ltd. has appointed Kevin Loughrey as president and chief executive officer, the company said Tuesday.