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Encore Wire Corp.’s net income dropped in the first quarter due to lower copper selling prices.
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Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp. remains largely optimistic on aluminum, with firm demand for value-added aluminum products and high premiums helping offset declining aluminum prices on the London Metal Exchange during the first quarter, executives said in an April 24 conference call.
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Global Brass & Copper Holdings Inc. (GBC) might pursue acquisition opportunities as it makes a second attempt at an initial public offering (IPO), according to a regulatory filing by the company.
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Steel Authority of India Ltd. (Sail) has signed a memorandum of understanding for the “phased” formation of a titanium joint-venture plant with agencies representing the Indian state of Kerala.
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Soft global demand combined with restructuring and operations-related costs dragged down Johnson Controls Inc.’s (JCI’s) fiscal second-quarter earnings.
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Global trading house Trafigura Beheer BV traded 35 million tonnes of metal concentrates, refined metals, iron ore and coal in 2012, up 20 percent from volumes traded the prior year, the Singapore-based trading company said in the prospectus for a $500-million bond it launched earlier this month.
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Noranda Aluminum Holding Corp.’s earnings plummeted in the first quarter amid lower aluminum prices on the London Metal Exchange, higher energy costs and lower sales.
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Novelis Inc. has raised prices for its automotive sheet products in North America, the company said April 23, also forecasting an increase in metal premiums.
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China’s manganese ore imports increased significantly last month as traders actively imported the raw material after prices climbed at the beginning of the year.
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Kaiser Aluminum Corp. expects "mild headwinds" to continue to impact its earnings during the second quarter, but maintains that 2013 results should beat those of the prior year.
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Mehmet Dalman has resigned as chairman of Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. (ENRC) and has been replaced by Gerhard Ammann, the company said April 23.
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Teck Resources Ltd.’s sales fell in the first quarter due largely to lower prices, and the company expects pricing to remain volatile in the coming year.
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Selwyn Resources Ltd.’s shareholders have approved the sale of the company’s 50-percent stake in zinc and lead joint venture Selwyn Chihong Mining Ltd. in Canada’s Yukon.
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Aurubis Buffalo Inc. will increase its fabrication charges by 6 percent on all copper and copper alloy sheet and strip products effective with deliveries July 1.
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PolyMet Mining Corp. posted a net loss of nearly $6.63 million for its fiscal year ended Jan. 31, more than double a $3.05-million loss the previous year.
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Copper, aluminum and plastics manufacturer Mueller Industries Inc. says that it is poised to profit from anticipated improvement in the housing and construction sectors this year.
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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) have initiated an anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigation into imports of Chinese silicon.
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The Aluminum Association has elected three new members to its board of directors.
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The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has initiated an anti-dumping and subsidy investigation into imports of silicon metal from China following a complaint by Quebec Silicon LP.
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Vale SA’s first-quarter ferroalloys output fell 69.6 percent year on year to 32,000 tonnes, partly as a result of weaker demand.
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Aurubis AG expects this year’s copper surplus to be smaller than it initially forecast due to both planned and unplanned outages at a number of mines.
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Triton Systems Inc. and Specialty Materials Inc. are teaming in a collaboration keyed to manufacture fiber-reinforced aluminum (FRA).
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Brazilian miner Vale SA’s manganese ore output totaled approximately 501,000 tonnes in the first quarter, up 3.5 percent from the same period last year but down 24.9 percent from the fourth quarter due largely to a rainy-season slowdown.
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Chinese ferrochrome and chrome ore imports rose in March, but they’re likely to decline in April as prices in the domestic market fall.