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    • Turkish hot rolled flat exports fall 38% in 2012
      Turkey’s exports of hot rolled flat steel products fell by 38% year-on-year in 2012, according to data recently released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK).
      February 1, 2013
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    • Vale reports record iron ore output in Q4 2012
      Vale’s output of iron ore in the final three months of 2012 was the highest volume recorded in a fourth quarter, at 85.49 million tonnes, the miner said on Friday February 1.
      February 1, 2013
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    • Turkish flat steel imports fall 2% in 2012
      Turkey’s imports of all types of flat steel totalled 5,047,532 tonnes in 2012, 1.8% less than the 5,139,720 tonnes imported in 2011, according to data recently released by the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK).
      February 1, 2013
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    • Global mercury convention agreed by UN [CORRECTION]
      International negotiators have concluded a global treaty aimed at reducing mercury pollution and use of mercury in mining and industry, which will be signed in Japan in October.
      February 1, 2013
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    • Japanese steel exports up 3.1% in 2012 on SE Asian demand
      Japan’s exports of iron and steel rebounded last year, rising by 3.1% year-on-year on particularly strong demand from Southeast Asia.
      February 1, 2013
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    • VIDEO: What are the effects of OMG’s cobalt asset sale?
      With a dramatic change in long-term trade flows looming, Metal Bulletin’s Alex Harrison and Fleur Ritzema discuss the impact of the divestiture of OMG’s cobalt assets on the cobalt market.
      January 30, 2013
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    • IndustriALL calls on Europe to act on ArcelorMittal Liège closures
      Trade union IndustriALL has called on the European Commission to investigate the closures recently planned by ArcelorMittal for its Liège steelworks in Belgium.
      January 29, 2013
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    • Eurometrec voices support for EU copper scrap regulation; hopes for review of criteria
      Eurometrec, the EU scrap recyclers’ federation, has voiced its support for an EU regulation determining when copper scrap ceases to be waste, but remains hopeful that a review of the criteria will address concerns about a controversial foreign material limit.
      January 28, 2013
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    • Spread log January 2013: Aluminium
      Week ended January 25 Alumina   Aluminium     Billet $333.5     |  $2,284.66     | $2,542.55          14.60%             89.86% Week ended January 18 Alumina     Aluminium     Billet $333.5     |     $2,269.87    | $2,524.55          14.69%                 89.91% Week ended January 11 Alumina     Aluminium     Billet $333.5     |     $2,296.27     | $2,554.6          14.52%                 89.90% Week ended January 4 Alumina     Aluminium        Billet    $331.9   |     $2,332.51    |   $2,590.84             14.23%             90.03%  European Spread log – Assessment of spread between the MB alumina index from previous Friday; LME aluminium price weekly average from previous week, plus […]
      January 28, 2013
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    • China’s coke output up 5.2% in 2012, NBS says
      China’s coke production rose 5.2% year-on-year to 443.23 million tonnes in 2012, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
      January 28, 2013
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