The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today ordered Molycorp Minerals, LLC, to pay a $27,300 penalty for improper management of hazardous waste at its San Bernardino County mine and mineral processing facility. The violations were ...
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A lack of investment interest in gold is starting to take its toll on the price, with an average of $1,225/oz forecast for 2014 and heading lower in 2015, GFMS said Thursday in its Gold Survey 2014. The price forecast is 13% lower than ...
Tags: Gold Price, Physical demand
Davenport, Iowa--Five winners have been named in Gemvision's Matrix Design contest, which recognizes the best work of designers who use computer-aided drafting tools to create jewelry. Gemvision recognized the winners at its eighth annual ...
U.S. factory output rose further last month, extending strong growth from February after harsh weather had caused production to tumble in January. Manufacturers produced more furniture, clothing, chemicals and aerospace products. The ...
Tags: U.S.Factory, Solid Gains
BHP Billiton has lifted its production guidance for Western Australian iron ore to 217 million mt for the 12 months to June 30, up by 5 million mt from its earlier estimate, the Melbourne-based miner said Wednesday. The "relatively ...
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US investment bank Goldman Sachs said Wednesday it has upgraded its three-month and six-month nickel price forecasts on the back of the Indonesian ban on nickel ore exports. The bank notes that following a fragmented Indonesian election ...
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On April 15, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced that during last week (Apr. 7-13) the overall average finished steel price in China rose by 0.6 percent compared to the previous week. In the given week, the average prices of ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Finished Steel, Steel
Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group has announced that its iron ore shipments in the third quarter ending March 31 of the financial year 2013-14 totaled 31.5 million mt, increasing by 56 percent and indicating a rise of 13 ...
Tags: Iron Ore, iron ore shipments
In March this year, China's overall value-added industrial output increased by 8.8 percent year on year, as announced by China's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on April 16, with this growth rate 0.2 percentage points higher than that ...
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US service center inventories of steel products contracted in March, while Canadian steel inventories rose to their highest level since June 2013, according to Metals Service Center Institute data published Tuesday. At the end of March, ...
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Improving Energy Efficiency and ROI for Forge Presses Creating 7 million lb of pressure to bear on heated metal billets is noisy and hot. For the customer, powerful hydraulic pressure comes with high electrical energy cost and wear and ...
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France's manufacturing output in February this year increased by 0.3 percent month on month, according to the statistics released by France's National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE). In February, France's production ...
Tags: Metal Industry, basic metals
According to the statistics released by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TUIK), Turkey's monthly industrial turnover index in February this year increased by 20.3 percent year on year and was down 0.2 percent month on month, following the ...
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According to a report released by the UK's Office for National Statistics (ONS), in February of the current year the producer price index (PPI) for the UK manufacturing industry remained unchanged compared to January, following the 0.3 ...
Tags: Basic Metal, Metal, Metallurgy, Mineral
In February this year, India's industrial production decreased by 1.9 percent year on year, according to government data. Industrial production in the April 2013-February 2014 period of the current financial year decreased by 0.1 year on ...
Tags: Basic Metal, Metallurgy, Mineral