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Freight management company BestTransport.com has elected independent metals consultant Eugene Greenberg, a former Alcoa Inc. executive, to its board of directors.
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Three Bharat Aluminium Co. Ltd. employees have been arrested on charges of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, according to Ratanlal Dangi, police superintendent in the Indian town of Korba.
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PolyMet Mining Corp. has entered into an agreement to sell $25 million worth of common shares in two transactions to global commodities trader Glencore International AG. The transactions are expected to close on Nov. 23 and Jan. 29.
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The nickel market was in a deficit of 9,400 tonnes in September vs. a deficit of 13,900 tonnes in August and a surplus of 5,600 tonnes in September last year, according to the latest statistics from the International Nickel Study Group.
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Canadian Zinc Corp. posted a higher net loss in the third quarter as work continued on its Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
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At the hands of a struggling credit market, exploration company Franconia Minerals Corp. has hit a speed bump.
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At the hands of a struggling credit market, exploration company Franconia Minerals Corp. has hit a speed bump.
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U.S. ferrosilicon prices have fallen as a major domestic producer injects extra units into the market during a fourth quarter that hasn’t been great in terms of ferroalloys demand.
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Canadian zinc miner Breakwater Resources Ltd. has suspended production and evacuated the underground work force at its Myra Falls operation in British Columbia after heavy snow and rainfall threatened the operations.
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Canadian zinc miner Breakwater Resources Ltd. has suspended production and evacuated the underground work force at its Myra Falls operation in British Columbia after heavy snow and rainfall threatened the operations.
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Large U.S. manganese alloy consumers have initiated 2010 contract talks, but small and medium-sized buyers are still hesitant to buy forward, according to market participants.
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Bismuth and indium prices across North America have softened further in the fourth quarter as spot demand for the minor metals continues to slow.
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Bismuth and indium prices across North America have softened further into the fourth quarter as spot demand for the minor metals continues to slow.
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U.S. ferrosilicon prices have fallen as a major domestic producer injects extra units into the market during a fourth quarter that hasn’t been great in terms of ferroalloys demand.
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Canadian Zinc Corp. posted a higher net loss in the third quarter as work continued on its Prairie Creek zinc-lead-silver mine in Canada’s Northwest Territories.
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Large U.S. manganese alloy consumers have initiated 2010 contract talks, but small- and medium-sized buyers are still hesitant to buy forward, according to market participants.
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Copper futures rallied to a 13-month high in New York on Monday amid positive economic data and potential production disruptions in China.
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A new five-year supply agreement between Boeing Co. and Titanium Metals Corp. (Timet) has been signed at a point in the market cycle when leverage appears to have swung back to the buyer’s side.
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Asarco LLC’s former parent company Grupo Mexico SA de CV will regain control of the U.S. copper miner, a Texas judge ruled, bringing to an end nearly five years of bankruptcy proceedings.
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A new five-year supply agreement between Boeing Co. and Titanium Metals Corp. (Timet) has been signed at a point in the market cycle when leverage appears to have swung back to the buyer’s side.
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Asarco LLC’s former parent company Grupo Mexico SA de CV will regain control of the U.S. copper miner, a Texas judge ruled, bringing to an end nearly five years of bankruptcy proceedings.
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Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) has approved a feasibility study for the Chuquicamata Subterránea copper project, which is expected to produce 340,000 tonnes per year from 2018 onward.
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Aleris Europe has increased its prices for aluminum coil and sheet products. The price rises include €50 ($74) per tonne for deliveries to mainland Europe and £60 ($100) per tonne for material sent to the United Kingdom on the total conversion price.
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Amaranth Advisors LLC has dropped a lawsuit against Touradji Capital Management over the transfer of Amaranth’s base metals portfolio to Touradji in 2006.