Crude steel output of Metinvest rised 3.9%

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:05:00 GMT
Ukraine's largest steelmaker and miner Metinvest improved crude steel output 3.9% last year, to 14.4 million tonnes, following hot end upgrades at Ilyich Steel and Yenakiieve Steel. Crude output di...
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Italian ferroalloy markets still failed to pick up

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 02:24:00 GMT
According to the Italian association of traders of iron, steel, non ferrous metals, ferrous scrap, hardware and similar goods (Assofermet), the Italian pig iron and ferroalloy markets have reopened...
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Ukraine's ZFP ferroalloy output down 36.1% YOY in Nov

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:49:00 GMT
Ukraine's No.2 ferroalloy producer, Zaporizhia Ferroalloy Plant (ZFP), produced 17,200 mt of ferroalloy in November, down 36.1% year-on-year from 26,900 mt in November 2010, UkrFa, an association o...
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Zambia will post revised mining laws

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:24:00 GMT
THE government and stakeholders have embarked on an exercise to repeal the Mines and Minerals Development Act of 2008 to help revamp the mining sector and create more jobs for Zambians. Mines and N...
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Queensland: Mayor fight for mining ban

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:20:00 GMT
A Queensland mayor is calling for a moratorium into the mining industry in the Brisbane valley only weeks after the Scenic Rim called on the government to cancel mining permits in the region. Graem...
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Rupee keep to decreased slightly

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:48:00 GMT
Persistent worries about the impact of Europe's debt crisis on the global economy snapped investor's risk appetite, in turn weighed down the Indian rupee alongside most of its regional peers on Mon...
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Asian economic growth may surge in Q1 2012

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 23:35:00 GMT
The economic growth in most Asian economies is expected to bottom out in the first quarter on year- on-year terms, analysts of banking giant Credit Suisse reported. The outlook for Asia excluding J...
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Asian markets' economy to grow slowly in 2012

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT
Asian markets’ economies should continue to grow in 2012, but at a slower pace than 2011 because of the potential drag the European sovereign debt situation has on global growth. The reductio...
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Africa's mining loans from China are more than the world bank

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:43:00 GMT
In the past decade, the Export-Import Bank of China has extended US$12.5 billion more in loans to the countries of sub-Saharan Africa than the World Bank, according to Fitch Ratings. State-owned EX...
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Zambia: Government set the ban on mine licences

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:02:00 GMT
THE Government is set to lift the ban on the issuance of mining licences by the end of this month after finalising arrangements on the introduction of a new and more efficient licensing system. Min...
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