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Luvata Oy expects demand for copper components will grow through 2011 after better-than-expected sales this year, but cautions that growth may be muted once the restocking of inventories ends.
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Chile’s Collahuasi copper mine continued operations even after workers went on strike Friday, the company said Monday.
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Bismuth prices have softened slightly as consumers are cautious after steady increases since the start of the year.
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The nearing of an agreement for India to buy Boeing Co.’s C-17 Globemaster IIIs has a twofold benefit it could prolong the life of the largest per-copy military consumer of titanium, as well as help to stem a waning near-term requirement for the metal on some major defense programs.
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Chile’s Collahuasi copper mine continued operations even after workers went on strike Friday, the company said Monday.
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The Financial Services Authority (FSA), the UK watchdog, has received a complaint regarding the proposed exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that are set to be backed by physical metal.
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Luvata Oy expects demand for copper components will grow through 2011 after better-than-expected sales this year, but cautions that growth may be muted once the restocking of inventories ends.
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Thompson Creek Metals Co. Inc. expects molybdenum output to fall slightly to between 26 million and 28 million pounds in 2012, but the company predicts molybdenum prices will increase gradually next year due to higher demand.
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Taseko Mines Ltd. will reduce its work force by 65 after the Canadian government blocked the development of its Prosperity copper and gold mining project due to ecological concerns.
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Detroit warehousing company Dearborn Distribution Services has been granted foreign trade zone (FTZ) status, despite efforts by competitors to derail the application.
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Horsehead Holding Corp. will restart its Monaca, Pa., plant earlier than anticipated as repairs are ahead of schedule, the company said in announcing a third-quarter net loss.
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Horsehead Holding Corp. Ltd. is negotiating next year’s zinc oxide contracts, and while it expects demand to rise its management is aware that a plant fire in July will have consequences for those contracts.
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Thompson Creek Metals Co. Inc. expects molybdenum output to fall slightly to between 26 million and 28 million pounds in 2012, but the company predicts molybdenum prices will increase gradually next year due to higher demand.
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Thompson Creek Metals Co. expects to sell some 75 to 80 percent of its molybdenum production on long-term contracts during 2011 as the market returns to a more traditional buying pattern, Kevin Loughrey, the company’s chairman and chief executive officer, said.
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HudBay Minerals Inc. said it expects to find transport for most of its concentrate production in the fourth quarter after railcar shortages in the third quarter delayed shipments and hurt profitability.
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Unionized workers at Chile’s Collahuasi copper mine went on strike Friday after rejecting an improved wage offer in a vote Thursday night.
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Copper hit a fresh 28-month high at just under $4 per pound Friday on continued dollar-fueled buying and fresh supply worries.
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Horsehead Holding Corp. Ltd. is negotiating next year’s zinc oxide contracts, and while it expects demand to rise its management is aware that a plant fire in July will have consequences for those contracts.
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Thompson Creek Metals Co. expects to sell some 75 to 80 percent of its molybdenum production on long-term contracts during 2011 as the market returns to a more traditional buying pattern, Kevin Loughrey, the company’s chairman and chief executive officer, said.
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Unionized workers at Chile’s Collahuasi copper mine went on strike Friday after rejecting an improved wage offer in a vote Thursday night.
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Horsehead Holding Corp. will restart its Monaca, Pa., plant earlier than anticipated as repairs are ahead of schedule, the company said in announcing a third-quarter net loss.
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Detroit warehousing company Dearborn Distribution Services has been granted foreign trade zone (FTZ) status, despite efforts by competitors to derail the application.
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HudBay Minerals Inc. said it expects to find transport for most of its concentrate production in the fourth quarter after railcar shortages in the third quarter delayed shipments and hurt profitability.
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Taseko Mines Ltd. will reduce its workforce by 65 after the Canadian government blocked the development of its Prosperity copper and gold mining project due to ecological concerns.