Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding seven hazardous waste sites that pose risks to people's health and the environment to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites. EPA is also proposing to add another ...
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The global aluminum market is moving into its first annual deficit in six years as producers look to restructure in response to continued low prices, JP Morgan said in a research note Tuesday. "We expect the global aluminum market will ...
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Norilsk Nickel produced 67,818 mt of nickel in the first quarter, down 5.2% from 71,571 mt in the first quarter of 2013 due to lower production volumes at some of its global operations, the Russian producer said Tuesday. The company said ...
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China's Shandong Chiping Xinfa Group has raised the aluminum production capacity at its Xinjiang smelter by 550,000 mt/year, or 69%, to 1.35 million mt/year as planned in early April, a company source said Tuesday. The prevailing weak ...
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Venezuela's CVG-Bauxilum alumina sales totaled 64,126 mt in March, up 57% from 40,822 mt in March 2013, Bauxilum said Friday. March sales were also up 13% month on month from sales of 56,524 mt in February. Of March sales, 46,018 mt ...
Russian AK5M2 secondary aluminum feedstock prices remained under downward pressure for a second week from weak export demand, Japanese buyers said Tuesday. Several Russian producers Tuesday offered $1,940/mt CIF Japan for AK5M2 feedstock ...
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Ormet, as it winds down its aluminum business in the US, is seeking federal bankruptcy court permission to sell another 24,000 mt, plus or minus 5%, of sandy calcined metallurgical-grade alumina to Swiss commodities trader Trafigura AG for ...
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China's domestic spot prices for copper, aluminum and lead fell around 7% year on year in 2013 on weak demand, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said Thursday. Lead posted the largest drop, falling 7.4% year on year to ...
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China's domestic copper cathode output is expected to rise 5.6% year on year to 6.6 million mt in 2014, an analyst from state-owned nonferrous metals information division Beijing Antaike said Wednesday. In 2013, China's output stood ...
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The world refined copper market balance for November 2013 showed an apparent production deficit of 129,000 mt, mainly due to record-high Chinese apparent demand, according to preliminary data issued last Friday by the International Copper ...
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China's alumina output is forecast to rise 13.8% year on year to 53.5 million mt in 2014, an analyst from state nonferrous information division Beijing Antaike said Friday. Realized alumina output totaled 47 million mt in 2013, according ...
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The 2014 benchmark zinc treatment charge is likely to be at least $10 above last year's benchmark TC, sources said Tuesday at the International Zinc Association conference Tuesday in Dana Point, California. Sources put the likely 2014 TC ...
Alcoa has announced it will permanently close its Point Henry aluminium smelter and two rolling mills in Australia. The smelter and an adjacent rolling mill are located in Geelong, Victoria. The second mill and a recycling facility are ...
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Australia's Western Areas Monday upgraded its nickel in ore production guidance by around 4% to 27,000 mt for fiscal year 2013-2014, from 25,000-26,000 mt previously. Production guidance for nickel in concentrate has also been revised up ...
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Spot treatment charges for imported zinc concentrate paid to Chinese smelters remained flat at around $125-140/mt in January, unchanged from December, in thin trade and with ample domestic supply, industry sources in China said Tuesday. ...
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