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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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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Magnesium Ingot Market Remains Inactive

Mon, 26 Jul 2010 03:46:00 GMT
Magnesium ingot market has not changed much with slow demand, sources reported. A Shaanxi-based producer who closed a deal of 200t with a regular customer reported that they have lowered the price ...
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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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China Shuts Dalian Port After Major Oil Spill

Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:10:00 GMT
One of China's biggest ports, Dalian, shut on Monday after an pipeline explosion triggered a major offshore oil spill, forcing a refinery to cut processing and importers to divert cargoes elsewhere...
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Commerce Recommends Keeping Anti-dumping Duties On Russian Magnesium And Chinese Alloy

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:43:00 GMT
The Department of Commerce has made its decision in the sunset review initiated recently on imports into the US of magnesium from Russia and alloy magnesium from China. As expected, the DoC has dec...
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India's Index For Minerals Rose By 28.3 Percent

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:04:00 GMT
An official statement pointed out that the index for Minerals rose by 28.3 percent to 866.2 from 674.9 for the previous week due to higher prices of magnesite (61%), iron ore (38%), steatite (6%) a...
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Guangxi Jan-May Ferroalloy Export Volume Decreased 71.5% Y-O-Y

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:36:00 GMT
From the beginning of 2010 on, Guangxi major commodites exporting volumes keep increasing. According to statistics, all the Guangxi major commodites exporting rise except for ferroalloy from Jan,20...
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Ferroalloys Outlook Dims As Prices Slip

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:51:00 GMT
U.S. ferroalloy prices have softened and traders fear the summer slowdown might be worse than previously anticipated, market participants said. Everybody is sitting on their hands and is a bit conc...
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