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    • (AMM) NC county adopts new recycling rules
      Elected officials in Robeson County, N.C., have voted in favor of more stringent requirements impacting metals recyclers. The new rules, which essentially mirror state laws, go into effect next month.
      March 25, 2011
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    • Conflict minerals: the impact on the metal markets
      Conflict minerals are high on the agenda for market participants in tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold as US legislation and stipulations from industry groups look set to blow the opaque supply chain from central Africa wide open.
      March 24, 2011
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    • MB maps effects of Japanese quake on steel, metals
      Metal Bulletin has put together a map that shows the effects of the devastating tsunami that has hit Japan on plants and the market .
      March 18, 2011
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    • (AMM) Steel fabricator tells Congress to cut taxes
      Cutting corporate taxes while reducing energy taxes and federal regulations are necessary to improve the U.S. manufacturing base and compete on a global scale, a steel fabricator testified before lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
      March 11, 2011
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    • Kleinfeld, Martens, Côté will be rolling in New York
      Last month’s sale of a majority stake in Alcan Engineered Products to investment group Apollo means that, for the first time, three of the world’s largest rolled products producers are now detached from upstream production
      March 1, 2011
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    • BHP reaps rewards of spot market surge
      The fruits of Marius Kloppers’ crusade for shorter-term prices for iron ore were clear in BHP Billiton’s first-half results published last week. The group’s underlying profits were up 59.7% year-on-year at $17.3 billion for the second half of 2010, but iron ore ebit was up 178%. Iron ore’s share of earnings rose from below one quarter to nearly 40% of earnings, as BHP shifted nearly all sales to more lucrative index-linked or spot prices.
      February 18, 2011
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    • ***MINING INDABA: Metals prices keep mood alive in Cape Town
      Soaring prices and rising demand for metals ensured high spirits in Cape Town last week as delegates gathered for the 2011 Investing in African Mining Indaba
      February 11, 2011
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    • ***SPOTLIGHT: Nippon Nuptials — two steel giants plan to merge
      On October 12 next year Nippon Steel and Sumitomo Metal Industries plan to integrate their businesses, formalizing a long relationship of cooperation through shared assets, technical exchange and trade. The two companies haven’t released details on the merger ratio yet. But Nippon and Sumitomo management are working towards initiating the deal before the end of April next year.This will give shareholders time to consider the proposal and vote. The combination will be one of the largest steelmakers in the world.
      February 7, 2011
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    • ***SPOTLIGHT: Tough times for China’s steel exporters
      China’s steel exporters have a tough year ahead. They face the prospect of tighter restrictions on tax rebates, the appreciation of the yuan and greater competition from other exporters in Asia. Carbon steel exports from China surged to 42.56 million tonnes last year, up 73% from 2009. But the outlook for 2011 is less promising, thanks to changes in Beijing’s domestic policy and a tougher overseas market.
      January 31, 2011
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    • ***COMMENT: Getting better all the time
      Metal Bulletin’s new website has been a long time coming. Over the past few years we’ve been thinking carefully about how we present our service, working closely with subscribers to find out more about their business and gathering feedback on how you use our products. Some messages were pretty clear. MB is the only place to find news, insight and analysis on all metals markets, whether you’re interested in tungsten or non-grain oriented electrical steel. And it’s all important.
      January 31, 2011
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    Manganese ore producer Consolidated Minerals (Consmin) has had to delay shipments to China from Port Hedland in Western Australia as a result of disruption caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCov) outbreak.

    February 25, 2020
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    LIVE FUTURES REPORT 25/02: Selling pressure cools with LME nickel price climbing 1.7%; tin gains 1.1%

    The three-month nickel price on the London Metal Exchange outperformed its peers across morning trading on Tuesday February 25, with all base metals trading in positive territory, while complex-wide selling pressure that emerged on Monday afternoon continued to ease.

    February 25, 2020
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    FREE WEB SEMINAR: The evolution of the alumina market and key drivers

    Fastmarkets will host a free web seminar on Wednesday February 26 at 10am London time, to discuss the current trends for alumina and the evolution of its pricing.

    February 25, 2020
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    MORNING VIEW: Markets pause to adjust to Monday’s sell-off, but little has changed for the better

    Consolidation across a broad section of markets is underway this morning, Tuesday February 25, while Monday’s sell-offs pause as markets adjust to lower prices, but little has changed for the better.

    February 25, 2020
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