LME and SGX launch futures contracts for Asia

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:18:00 GMT
The London Metal Exchange and Singapore Exchange SGX are jointly introducing cash-settled futures for steel billet and non-ferrous metals. Copper and zinc futures are expected to be launched in the...
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China nickel, FeCr imports continue slide in June

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:13:00 GMT
China's nickel and ferro-chrome imports registered the second straight month of year-on-year decline in June, according to data from the Chinese Customs. Imports of unwrought nickel plunged 69% y-o...
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London Metal Exchange trading in first half climbs almost 8% to a record

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:46:00 GMT
London Metal Exchange trading was a record in the first six months this year, led by gains in lead. Total trading was 59.3 million contracts, up almost 8 percent from the first half of 2009, the LM...
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Venezuela and Cuba to sign agreements on mining, steel

Wed, 28 Jul 2010 01:25:00 GMT
The Venezuelan and Cuban governments plan to sign a steel and mining cooperation agreement in coming weeks, Venezuela’s mining and basic industries ministry (Mibam) released. Under the deal, ...
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First Quantum Mandates BNP Paribas, Standard Bank for Kevitsa Debt

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:05:00 GMT
Vancouver-based First Quantum Minerals is still aiming to start commercial production in mid-2012 from its Kevitsa nickel/copper/platinum-group-element project, in Finland, the company said on Mond...
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China Aims to Cap Nonferrous Metals Output

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:04:00 GMT
China will aim to keep total annual output of ten nonferrous metals below 41-million tons by 2015, the China Securities Journal said on Monday. The metals include copper, aluminum, lead, zinc, nick...
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Miners Tell Gillard to Scrap MRRT

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:01:00 GMT
The Association of Mining Exploration Companies (AMEC) will begin a national advertising campaign this week to pressure the federal government into taking its proposed Mineral Resources Rent Tax (M...
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Korean Shipbuilder DSME Wins Order for Ten Container Ships

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:33:00 GMT
Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering (DSME) has secured a huge order from Singaporean shipper Neptune Orient Lines to build ten 8,400 TEU container vessels worth KRW 1.2trillion ($1...
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Chongqing CPI in H1 Up By 2pct YoY

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:39:00 GMT
China Knowledge citing State Statistical Bureau figures said Southwestern China Chongqing Municipality saw its Consumer Price Index grow 2.2% in the first half of this year, 0.4 percentage points l...
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JNMC Settleed Ni EXW Prices by RMB3,000/tonne

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 06:23:00 GMT
Jinchuan Group Limited (JNMC) issues its price adjustments for electrolytic nickel today. According to the price adjustments, electrolytic nickel prices rise from RMB153,000/tonne to RMB156,000/ton...
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