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  • Zinc premiums jump in New Orleans

    May 24, 2013 | 04:21 PMBarbara O'Donovan

    Offers for special-high-grade (SHG) zinc in New Orleans have risen considerably in recent weeks, according to market participants.

  • Zimbabwe mines ministry to reject state minerals control

    May 24, 2013 | 04:10 PMBianca Markram

    The Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe (CoM), a private industry group, is set to reject the government’s proposal to auction off mineral deposits and control the production of strategic commodities, AMM sister publication Metal Bulletin has learned.

  • Novelis to boost automotive sheet production in Europe

    May 24, 2013 | 04:00 PMJethro Wookey

    Novelis Inc. is adapting its plant in Goettingen, Germany, to meet growing demand for recyclable aluminum automotive sheet.

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  • Novelis to boost automotive sheet production in Europe

    May 24, 2013 | 04:00 PMJethro Wookey

    Novelis Inc. is adapting its plant in Goettingen, Germany, to meet growing demand for recyclable aluminum automotive sheet.

  • Cost-cutting sees Bonnell through tough times: exec

    May 24, 2013 | 12:22 PMMichael Cowden

    Bonnell Aluminum Inc.’s cost-cutting measures during the recession should benefit the extruder as the economy recovers and opportunities in the automotive sector rev up, says incoming president W. Brook Hamilton.

  • Usiminas gets OK for distribution network

    May 24, 2013 | 10:27 AM

    Brazil’s competition regulator has approved "with restrictions" the creation of a network of steel distributors and service centers by flat steel producer Usinas Siderúrgicas de Minas Gerais SA (Usiminas).

  1. U.S. Steel raises sheet prices
  2. Steel for bridge made to spec: Gerdau
  3. W. Coast scrap export prices sink to 5-year low
  4. Manufacturing jobs return from abroad
  5. Ore. recycler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Latest Pricing Trends

Nickel-2.57%
Tin-2.4%
Copper-2.31%
Steel, HR sheet-1.79%
No. 1 heavy melt-1.79%
Lead-1.23%
Aluminum-1.09%
Zinc-0.82%
Ferromolybdenum1.1%
Natural gas1.76%
From 05/23/2013 

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