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China’s silico-manganese prices rose this week after producers raised offers in response to energy tariff hikes in the country.
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Electrolytic manganese prices will rise steadily over the next decade as production costs in China, the world’s dominant producer, continue to rise, CPM Group said in a recent report.
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The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has determined in the final results of its anti-dumping duty administrative review of pure magnesium from China that Tianjin Magnesium International Co. Ltd. did not make sales at less-than-normal value from May 1, 2009, to April 30, 2010, and set a weighted-average margin of zero. Petitioners included US Magnesium LLC.
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The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to conduct a full third five-year review of the anti-dumping duty order on ferrovanadium and nitride vanadium from Russia to determine whether revocation of duties would likely lead to material injury to domestic suppliers.
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Base metal prices reached both intra-day highs and lows in Thursday’s kerb trading on the London Metal Exchange, as the market reacted to each morsel of information to come out of the EU heads of state summit.
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There is some common ground on the government’s role in establishing a domestic rare earth metals supply chain, but more discussion and compromise is needed before a bipartisan bill can be developed, according to the House subcommittee on energy and environment.
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Russian gold and silver producer Polymetal will join London’s FTSE 100 index as of December 19, it has been confirmed
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David S. Johanson was sworn in Thursday as a member of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).
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A fall in copper prices throughout the past 10 months has HudBay Minerals Inc. on the prowl for potential acquisitions.
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Innovation Metals Corporation will launch a Rare Earth exchange for traders, consumers and producers early next year.
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Novelis Inc. has completed financing of some $225 million to buy out a minority stake in its Korean subsidiary, the company said Thursday.
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The Aluminum Association has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Aluminium Association of India to promote cooperation on a number of sustainability, safety and data-collection issues, the trade group said Thursday.
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There will be a steady stream of mining and metals flotations coming to the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) in the coming year, according to Ungad Chadda, a senior vp at parent company TMX.
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Analyst Ed Meir looks at what is moving the metals markets on Thursday.
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European Union judges have dismissed claims by KME Group and Chalkor that they should never have been fined by the European Commission (EC) for participating in two cartels in the copper tubes sector
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Base metals remained rangebound in Thursday’s official session on the London Metal Exchange, as traders considered the implications on the euro – and subsequently on prices – of the EU heads of state summit that began on Thursday.
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United Co Rusal has signed an agreement allowing its Bogoslovsk aluminium smelter to enter a direct energy supply contract with the Russian Federal Grid.
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Norilsk Nickel will spend a total of $10.9 billion to 2025 on developing its mineral resource base, the company said on Thursday December 8
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The Afghani government is to act as facilitator and regulator in its nascent mining industry, and will not introduce state-owned companies as it seeks to attract investors, minister of mines Wahidullah Shahrani told Metal Bulletin
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Base metals trading was subdued in Thursday’s pre-market session on the London Metal Exchange ahead of the two-day EU heads of state summit that starts on Thursday.
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C Steinweg Handelsveem has acquired Netherlands-based warehousing company J Oosterom & Zoon for an undisclosed fee, the two companies said in a letter sent to Oosterom’s customers.
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China magnesium prices recorded small gains this week as traders reported pre-Christmas orders from western countries, although demand is still light.
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London Metal Exchange copper hovered around $7,800 per tonne in early Asian trading on Thursday ahead of the EU summit in Brussels that will take place later today.
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Kazakhstan’s metals and mining industry will increasingly focus on producing value-added products in order to capture the full value of the country’s raw materials, Erlan A. Idrissov, the central Asian country’s ambassador to the United States, told AMM Wednesday.