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Tungsten Corp. has begun field exploration activities at its newly acquired Cherry Creek project in Nevada.
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Alcoa Inc. plans to invest $275 million over the next three years to boost aluminum sheet capacity at its rolling mill in Alcoa, Tenn., to meet increasing demand from the auto sector.
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Zhejiang Zhoushan Bulk Commodity Exchange is seeking to launch a spot iron ore trading platform by year-end.
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Low copper prices could impact General Cable Corp. as far out as the third quarter of 2013, company executives said.
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The U.S. Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) has given notice for interested parties to participate in various administrative reviews.
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Olin Brass Inc., a subsidiary of Global Brass & Copper Holdings Inc. (GBC), says it will increase the fabrication price on all copper and copper finished products by 6 percent with all new orders received for shipment on or after July 1.
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Alcoa Inc. is considering cutting as much as 460,000 tonnes of smelter capacity over the next 15 months as aluminum prices remain stubbornly low.
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Some junior mining companies have had to enter "survival mode" due to a lack of interest from potential financiers, First Nickel Inc. (FNI) president and chief executive officer Thomas Boehlert said.
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General Cable Corp. swung to a first-quarter loss as lower spot prices for copper and aluminum as well as weakness in European and Latin American markets hurt results.
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RTI International Metals Inc. saw flat profits in the first quarter, but the company expects improvement as the commercial aerospace sector ramps up in the second half.
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Eighteen people have been indicted for their alleged involvement in a multimillion-dollar copper theft ring.
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Discussions on how to manage state-owned enterprises (SOEs) may come under increased scrutiny in future negotiations over what could be one of the largest trade agreements to date—the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).
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Workers at Globe Specialty Metals Inc.’s silicon metal facility in Becancour, Quebec, are continuing to negotiate with the company following the April 30 expiration of a five-year labor contract.
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The delay in launching physical copper exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has played a part in hindering the metal’s advance, president Henry Weingarten of AFund Inc. says.
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London Metal Exchange zinc stocks fell for the 13th consecutive day May 1 as a drawdown continued in New Orleans, Antwerp, Belgium, and Johor, Malaysia, where there are large queues to take out metal.
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Corporacion Nacional del Cobre de Chile (Codelco) is targeting output of 2.5 million tonnes per year by 2021, according to local media reports.
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Copper premiums have been quoted as high as $120 per tonne in Rotterdam, Netherlands, this week as the European market experiences tighter supply following port strikes in Chile and a maintenance shutdown at Swedish miner Boliden AB that began in early April.
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Tin prices and premiums could rise in the coming months on tighter availability, market sources said.
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The Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) is conducting various five-year reviews of anti-dumping duty orders.
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PMX Industries Inc. will be adding a copper surcharge to its products after a wall slide at Kennecott Utah Copper LLC’s Bingham Canyon Mine forced it to locate alternative sources of cathode.
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Service Center Metals LLC (SCM) has lowered prices on all products by 2.5 cents per pound.
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Aleris International Inc.’s Richmond, Va., facility might not be fully operational for two to three weeks, a company spokesman told AMM, noting that a fire at the plant last week caused more furnace damage than previously thought.
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The nickel market is likely to see more consolidation and price increases in the coming years, although all eyes are on Indonesia over its proposed ore export ban, according to speakers at an international nickel conference in Toronto.
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Rio Tinto Alcan has suspended the anode plant at its Alma facility in Quebec in order to investigate the cause of an accident in which a worker died.