China's Ministry of Land and Resources Monday suspended land applications for new projects in the aluminum, cement, steel and glass sectors with immediate effect due to surplus capacity in these industries. "For new projects involving ...
China's daily imports of crude rebounded in September from the previous month to a fresh record, bearing out forecasts for the country to overtake the United States as the world's largest oil importer, as refineries restarted following ...
China's refined copper imports are expected to continue rising in the coming months as international sellers increasingly turn to China amid an overhang in global supply, a Chinese industry source said last Friday. "Global copper supply ...
Tags: Copper, Metallurgy, Mineral
Due to port strike in Chile and India's main casting factory shut down, lead to transport delay, as a result, China's copper imports fell 7.4% in April 2013, to the lowest level in nearly 22 months. According to China's general ...
Tags: copper, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Reuters reported that Kazakhstan's refined copper and gold output rose in January to November 2012 while production of alumina, zinc and steel fell compared with the same period last year. Data from the State Statistics Agency showed that ...
Kazakhstan's refined copper and gold output rose in January to November 2012, while production of alumina, zinc and steel fell compared with the same period last year. Production of refined copper rose by 7.9% YoY to 332,620 tonnes in the ...
Tags: Copper Output, Gold Output, production of alumina, Kazakhstan
A consortium of Chinese and South African entities has agreed to purchase the 74.5% interest in South African copper producer Palabora Mining currently held by major miners Rio Tinto and Anglo American. The transaction in which Rio Tinto ...
Tags: copper stake, copper, copper producer, refined copper
China's top maker of copper tubes, Golden Dragon Precise Copper Tube Group expects 2013 production to rise by 14% from a year ago as signs of an improving economy inspire cautious optimism boosting orders at home and abroad. China is the ...
Tags: maker of copper tubes, main export market, precise copper tube
Reuters reported that London copper eased as traders took profits after prices hit a near 2 month top in the previous session but signs of a revival in China's growth and hopes the United States would be able to avoid a fiscal disaster ...
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Reuters reported that China's production of refined copper rose in November to a record high for the second straight month as more domestic manufacturers turned to local smelters for supplies that traders said were cheaper than imports. ...
Tags: refined copper, local smelters, smelters, copper industry
Reuters cited Mr Thomas Keller CEO of Codelco as saying that company expects the global copper market to swing into a slight surplus in 2013 after several years of deficit but the small excess will have little impact on prices. ...
Tags: copper market, copper price, global economy
Reuters reported that the world refined copper market was in 522,000 tonne deficit from January to August. This compares with a production deficit of 77,000 tonnes in the same period of 2011.
Tags: Copper Market, Serious Deficit