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Both the District of Kitimat and the Canadian Auto Workers union will fight the revised power deal proposed by Rio Tinto Alcan and the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro), which provides electricity for Alcan’s aluminum smelter in Kitimat, British Columbia.
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Aerospace components producer Ladish Co. Inc. is looking for further expansion outside the United States via a new titanium casting facility in Mexico and is naming a veteran of more than 25 years to head its main forging operation.
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Aerospace components producer Ladish Co. Inc. is looking for further expansion outside the United States via a new titanium casting facility in Mexico and is naming a veteran of more than 25 years to head its main forging operation.
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Both the District of Kitimat and the Canadian Auto Workers union will fight the revised power deal proposed by Rio Tinto Alcan and the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro), which provides electricity for Alcan’s aluminum smelter in Kitimat, British Columbia.
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The New York Mercantile Exchange is looking to name a senior metals executive as the exchange moves closer to launching its steel futures contract.
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The spot bismuth market continued its soft landing after a midyear rally that saw prices top $19 a pound.
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Apogee Enterprises Inc., Minneapolis, has purchased Tubelite Inc., Reed City, Mich., for $44 million in a move that will unite two producers of building and construction materials.
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Mexico produced 19,638 tonnes of copper in October, down 33.9 percent from 29,718 tonnes in October 2006 and down 11.8 percent from 22,255 tonnes in September this year, a Mexican government agency said Friday.
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Copper production in Peru increased 7.2 percent in November to 99,317 tonnes vs. November 2006 as higher output at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.’s Cerro Verde Mine in Arequipa offset lower production at the Antamina Mine, Peru’s mining and energy ministry said.
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Workers at a port in northern Chile went on strike for a second day Friday, blocking copper shipments from Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco).
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Russia’s MMC Norilsk Nickel has created a committee of independent directors within its board to review possible transactions concerning the company’s shares.
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Spot bismuth prices continued their soft landing after a midyear rally that saw tags topping $19 per pound.
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Russia’s MMC Norilsk Nickel has created a committee of independent directors within its board to review possible transactions concerning the company’s shares.
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China imported 1.17 million tonnes of nickel ore and concentrate in November, up 10 percent from a month earlier, according to the latest statistics from China’s General Administration of Customs. But market participants expect imports to fall in the coming months amid sluggish demand.
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Chinese bulk alloy exporters and copper smelters have balked at the Asian nation’s latest round of export taxes, with respective predictions of slowing overseas trade and the possibility of oversupply in China when the taxes come into force Jan. 1.
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North American aluminum demand, defined as domestic production plus imports, totaled 2.19 billion pounds in October, off 1.6 percent from nearly 2.23 billion pounds in the same month last year, according to the latest figures from the Aluminum Association, Arlington, Va.
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Copper on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell Thursday after a recent run up in prices sparked a wave of profit-taking by investors.
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Ball Corp., Broomfield, Colo., is adding a new 24-ounce beverage can production line to its Monticello, Ind., facility.
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Copper fabricators are preparing for a slow start to 2008 as the residential construction slump shows no signs of turning around and customers continue to run minimum inventory levels.
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Ball Corp., Broomfield, Colo., is adding a new 24-ounce beverage can production line to its Monticello, Ind., facility.
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Cia. Minera Escondida Ltd., the BHP Billiton venture that runs the world's largest copper mine, has appealed a government directive requiring it to hire hundreds of non-union workers on a permanent basis, Chile’s El Mercurio newspaper reported Tuesday.
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National Aluminium Co. Ltd. (Nalco) of India will spend about $104 million to raise capacity at its alumina refinery, the company said in a letter to the Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd.
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United Co. Rusal plans to buy an additional 2-percent stake in MMC Norilsk Nickel from KM-Invest, a Russian investment firm.
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Maintenance shutdowns slated at several smelters during the first half of next year are expected to release additional copper concentrates onto the market and force spot treatment and refining charges (TC/RCs) higher, trade sources said.