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 ...
Tags: scrap, copper cathode, Mineral
Tianjin Precious Metals Exchange's plan to start spot copper trading from March 17 would probably boost trade in the metal in northern China, industry observers said Thursday. There could be some movement in trading from eastern and ...
Tags: Copper Market, spot copper
China's Ministry of Commerce late Monday announced a second list of companies that will receive part of the 5,387 mt of export quotas for silver in 2014. The ministry in mid-December released the first list of Chinese producers and ...
Tags: Silver Export, Metallurgy
Nucor Corporation (NYSE: NUE) announced the successful start-up of production at our direct reduced iron (DRI) facility in St. James Parish, Louisiana. Production of DRI began on Tuesday, December 24, and has continued at planned ramp-up ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
Even as one-fifth of the nation's electrolytic aluminum capacity lies idle, producers are adding new facilities - a combination that will mean a glut of the metal next year and falling prices, industry experts said on Tuesday. "China is ...
Chinese companies will face challenges in importing a key raw material for the electrolytic aluminum industry when the Indonesian government introduces new export policies, experts said. Wan Ling, manager of China nonferrous metals at ...
Tags: nonferrous metals, bauxite
China's electricity consumption grew 7.5 percent year on year to 4.83 trillion kilowatt hours (kwh) between January and November, according to the China Electricity Council (CEC). Use by primary industry totaled 93.5 billion kwhs, up 0.1 ...
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China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region confirmed the discovery of nonferrous metals reserves including 2.2 million mt of copper, 9.04 million mt of lead and zinc, 3.64 million mt of molybdenum and 159.44 mt of gold from 2011 until October ...
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It is reported that according to state-owned nonferrous metals information division Beijing Antaike, galvanized steel sector is expected to account for 56% of China's refined zinc consumption in 2014. In 2008, galvanized steel sector ...
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Demand from China's galvanized steel sector is expected to account for 56% of the country's refined zinc consumption in 2014, up from 54% this year, state-owned nonferrous metals information division Beijing Antaike said Thursday. The ...
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Industrial Production Operation in September 2013 National Bureau of Statistics of China In September 2013, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 10.2 percent year-on-year (the following ...
In the first three quarters of 2013, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council committed to the general tone of making progress while ensuring the stability, stabilized the macro-economic policies, made innovation on the ...
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Chinese nonferrous metals consultancy Beijing Antaike has raised its 2013 alumina output forecast for the country to 46.5 million mt, up less than 1% from the mid-year forecast of 46.3 million mt, an analyst said Tuesday. "The higher ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, nonferrous metals
Industrial Production Operation in August 2013 National Bureau of Statistics of China In August 2013, the total value added of the industrial enterprises above designated size was up by 10.4 percent year-on-year (the following growth ...
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Traders expect limited market impact from the Chinese government ending its licensing system for imported copper scrap, although the move might result in shorter customs clearance times, industry sources said Thursday. China's Ministry of ...
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