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Clean Tech Silicon & Bar LLC will meet with members of the local government in Badin, N.C., on Friday to discuss the viability of launching operations in the area, sources familiar with the project told AMM.
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Demand for ocean freight has regained its footing following the economic crisis that shook the world, according to Robert Drew, general manager of logistics for Tata Steel International.
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Assets held in commodity exchange-traded funds (ETF) rose for the second consecutive month in November, according to National Stock Exchange data.
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Global overcapacity of capesize ships will plague the market—particularly in terms of low pricing and weak or phantom profits for ship owners—for some time, according to several international shipping experts.
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Base metals prices closed strongly in the kerb session at the London Metal Exchange on December 7, as they continued to follow fluctuations in the euro.
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U.S. copper contracts for 2012 have been slow to solidify during the December mating season, market participants told AMM.
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Metal Bulletin’s duty-paid aluminium premium basis three months finally fell on Wednesday, slipping $10 to $180-200 per tonne as producers found pockets of demand for material to be delivered next year.
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Analyst Ed Meir looks at what is moving the metal markets on Wednesday.
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UK secondary aluminium ingot prices fell slightly on December 7 as the market continues to struggle under the influence of events taking place in the eurozone.
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Base metals prices gave up some earlier gains in the official session at the London Metal Exchange on December 7, as prices continued to bounce around within ranges prior to the EU heads-of-state summit this coming Friday.
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Nexans has won a contract to supply power, control and instrumentation cables to Chinalco’s Mount Toromocho open-cast copper mine in Peru
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Base metals prices improved slightly in pre-market trading on the London Metal Exchange on December 7, as trading thinned ahead of the EU heads of state summit on December 9.
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Canadian producer Quadra FNX Mining Ltd has agreed to an acquisition by KGHM Polska Miedz SA, the companies announced Tuesday.
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Major Chinese miners have raised their tungsten ore offers for December by 2,000-4,000 yuan ($315-630) per tonne in an attempt to push up market prices, sources said.
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Shanghai Futures Exchange copper prices rose for the first time in three days on Wednesday as equities steadied, improving sentiment in metals markets.
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Molybdenum prices in China dropped again this week because of weak demand and cash-hungry miners cutting offers.
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Tin producers on Indonesia’s Bangka island are preparing to ship up to 16,000 tonnes of tin from stockpiles built up during a self-imposed ban on exports in October and November.
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London Metal Exchange copper remained directionless in early Asian trading on Wednesday in an increasingly uncertain climate
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China domestic ferro-silicon prices have risen this week after producers increased their offers in response to last week’s energy tariff hike in the country.
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Canadian copper producer Quadra FNX Mining Ltd. has agreed to an acquisition by KGHM Polska Miedz SA, the companies announced Tuesday.
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Merchant bank Forbes & Manhattan Inc. is looking to add more junior mining companies to its portfolio, Simon Marcotte, vice president of corporate development, told AMM.
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High driver turnover and a difficult economy, coupled with stringent federal regulations, is hurting the trucking and freight sector, according to transportation experts.
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DLA Strategic Materials sold 280 tons of low-carbon ferrochrome in November for $734,000, the agency said.
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PolyMet Mining Corp. has closed its previously announced sale of $20 million in shares to Swiss commodities trader Glencore AG, the company said Tuesday.