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Friday, 29 February 2008
 

Booming scrap metal market led man to theft


The lure of the booming scrap metal market led a 57-year-old Toronto man to break into a Highway 7 business in July and try to steal some $12000 of copper, ...
thepeterboroughexaminer.com

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News briefs from around Kentucky at 5:58 am EST


Kentucky lawmakers are considering a plan aimed at stopping thieves from stealing scrap metal and reselling it for money. People hawking scrap metals ...
kentucky.com

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Kentucky Mulls Plan on Scrap Metal


Kentucky lawmakers are considering a plan aimed at stopping thieves from stealing scrap metal and reselling it for money. People hawking scrap metals would ...
chron.com

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News briefs from around Kentucky at 5:58 am EST


Kentucky lawmakers are considering a plan aimed at stopping thieves from stealing scrap metal and reselling it for money. People hawking scrap metals ...
kentucky.com

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Kentucky mulls plan on scrap metal


Kentucky lawmakers are considering a plan aimed at stopping thieves from stealing scrap metal and reselling it for money. People hawking scrap metals ...
forbes.com

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Kentucky Mulls Plan on Scrap Metal


Kentucky lawmakers are considering a plan aimed at stopping thieves from stealing scrap metal and reselling it for money. People hawking scrap metals would ...
chron.com

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News briefs from around Kentucky at 5:58 am EST


Kentucky lawmakers are considering a plan aimed at stopping thieves from stealing scrap metal and reselling it for money. People hawking scrap metals ...
kentucky.com

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School Employees Charged With Breach Of Trust


Greenville County Schools have fired two warehouse employees after the men were arrested on charges of selling scrap metal that belonged to the school ...
wspa.com

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Metal marauders going for wheels


Flint police Sgt. Sharon Dunbar said the car most likely has joined dozens of others as scrap metal at local scrap yards. Dunbar, a member of the Genesee ...
mlive.com

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Governor signs beer keg theft measure


The law will make it illegal for scrap-metal businesses to buy beer kegs with brewery markings or illegible markings. However, scrap-metal businesses can ...
rapidcityjournal.com

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Cabinet monitoring hikes in steel prices


Meanwhile, the ministry will also put exports of H-shaped steel and steel scrap under supervision for three months. Lai Cheng-yi, chairman of the Shining ...
chinapost.com.tw

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CBp Carbon Industries Inc.: Press Release


... scrap rubber. Approximately one-third of resource recovery results in CBp Carbon Green and the remaining two-thirds are high value oil, gas and steel. ...
money.cnn.com

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Groups urge China to alter scrap import laws


Given that waste paper, lumber, copper and steel imports are tax-free, the industry trade groups also called for more favorable taxation treatment....
prw.com

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Taiwan to raise H beam


It is reported that Taiwan's Tung Ho Steel is going to negotiate with Dragon Steel over the new domestic H beam price of March shipments, and is considering ...
steelguru.com

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Copper Brings A New Boom To The Iron Range


Now there's copper-nickel mining: some say that this is the answer the Iron Range economy has been looking for. Barbara Reyelts takes an in-depth look at ...
northlandsnewscenter.com

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Metals - Nickel hits highest level since November on supply concerns


At 1.07 pm, LME nickel for three-month delivery was up at 30500 usd a tonne against 29200 usd. In other metals traded on the LME, copper remained well ...
forbes.com

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Shanghai copper gains, zinc limit up, tracking LME


London zinc surged 7.8 percent overnight and nickel gained almost 5 percent. On Thursday, tin hit a new record high, with copper and aluminium within a few ...
africa.reuters.com

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Alberta Star Intersects 9.37 Meters of 0.573% Copper, 0.043 ...


This drill hole intersected a thick mineralized zone enriched in uranium, silver, copper, nickel, lead, cobalt, vanadium and zinc. ...
money.cnn.com

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Russian Copper Company inspires creation of Russian Nickel Company


Russian Copper Company inspired the creation of Russian Nickel Company - a new player on the nickel and cobalt production market. ...
en.urbc.ru

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Lundin Mining Releases Preliminary Q4 2007 Results


Increased copper and nickel sales arising from the inclusion of the Neves-Corvo mine (acquired in October 2006) and the Aguablanca mine (acquired in July ...
learthtimes.org

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Commodity outlook : Zinc and Nickel likely to trade firm


Copper future saw resistance at Rs 339 a kg while support stands at Rs 333 a kg. Now, copper future is at consolidation phase. He is bullish on Nickel, ...
myiris.com

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Thursday, 28 February 2008
 

Stolen cars in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan increasingly sold ...


Most likely, said Flint police Sgt. Sharon Dunbar, the car has joined dozens of others as scrap metal at local scrap yards. Dunbar, a member of the Genesee ...
mlive.com

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Kentucky lawmakers consider plan to curb scrap metal thieves


AP Kentucky lawmakers are considering a plan aimed at curbing thieves from stealing scrap metal and reselling it for money. Democratic Rep. ...
kentucky.com

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Scrap metal dealers face registry law


In an effort to curb scrap metal theft, the city will try a new technique: holding the middle man more responsible. ...
kentucky.com

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Couple charged in scrap metal theft in Londonderry


A couple is accused of stealing scrap metal from a bin outside a Hillside Avenue business complex. Angela Marie Roman, 33, ...
eagletribune.com

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Council approves tougher rules for scrap metal sales


Scrap metal dealers have a stronger responsibility to make sure the seller of the metal they receive is the rightful owner, ...
heraldbanner.com

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How to Play the Surge in Steel


Pellets and steel scrap are more important in the US as alternatives to the fine-ore form. While iron ore pellets are normally not exported, ...
thestreet.com

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January steel imports increased by 35%


Includes market alerts for scrap steel, iron ore, copper, steel wire rod, NAND Flash chips, DSPs, and ocean-freight rates. ...
purchasing.com

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Honda president sees auto purchases improving in 2008


Includes market alerts for scrap steel, iron ore, copper, steel wire rod, NAND Flash chips, DSPs, and ocean-freight rates. ...
purchasing.com

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Copper, tin up on higher global cues


In the local market, copper wire scrap, copper super d rod, copper wire bar, copper mixed scrap, CC rod, Utensil scrap and Mixed scrap all moved up by Rs 2 ...
thehindubusinessline.com

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Ternium Announces Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2007 Results


Scrap prices increased year-over-year in Mexico during 2007. Additionally, labor costs in Argentina and Venezuela increased during 2007 versus the prior ...
foxbusiness.com

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Wednesday, 27 February 2008
 

Law would put new burden on scrap metal dealers


The problem is, scrap metal is easy to steal, even if it's still in use, like the copper in the unfortunate Iowa man's house, the irrigation pipe stacked ...
mccookgazette.com

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POLICE IN CLAMP ON METAL THIEVES


It targeted scrap lorries operating in Neath, Skewen and Pontardawe. Scrap metal dealers were also inspected to ensure their records were accurate....
thisissouthwales.co.uk

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THE SCRAP THIEVES MAKING £50000 IN A YEAR


Inspector Graham Lamin said it was proving lucrative for some. He said: "Some people are making well in excess of £50000 from selling stolen scrap metal."
thisisderbyshire.co.uk

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Copper cops on patrol in Trenton


Cops are cracking down, too, on scrap metal dealers. They've charged the owner of Trenton Iron and Metal on Enterprise Avenue with receiving and fencing ...
abclocal.go.com

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Ban on export of iron ore sought


Hit hard by rising input prices, Punjab based steel producers have sought from Union Finance Minister in the coming budget to completely ...
hindu.com

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Producer Price Index Rises 1% in January


Prices for crude nonfood materials less energy moved up 4.0 percent in January subsequent to a 0.2-percent increase in December. The iron and steel scrap ...
123jump.com

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Marginal fall for Copper, nickel prices


The prices of copper and nickel fall down by Rs 3 to 5 per kilo today in the non ferrous metal market due to lack of cue from London Metal ...
commodityonline.com

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East West Resource Corporation: Second Nickel-Copper-PGE Property ...


A second large claim block was staked to cover geological setting that is potential host to nickel-copper-PGE deposits. Knowledge gained from work on the ...
foxbusiness.com

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Wallbridge Mining Intersects Nickel-Copper Mineralization on JV ...


The nickel-copper discovery was made while drilling three MegaTEM airborne geophysical electro-magnetic anomalies on Grid F of Area 4 and consisted of ...
Elgin Lotto & Tobacconist

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Commander Plans Geophysical Survey on Labrador Nickel Properties


Commander's previous work on the properties identified a potential nickel-copper sulphide environment in gabbro with similar chemical and alteration ...
foxbusiness.com

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Metals - Copper bounces back on dip-buying; inventories ease from ...


Elsewhere, nickel fell to 28100 usd against 28260 usd per tonne, aluminium was up at 2920 usd from 2903 usd at the close, zinc rose to 2504 usd against 2498 ...
money.cnn.com

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Mwana Africa PLC - Copper update: Democratic Republic of Congo ...


... drilling programme at the Kiamato copper-cobalt and the Mwombe copper-cobalt-nickel occurrence located to the north-east and north-west of Kibolwe. ...
newswire.ca

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Tuesday, 26 February 2008
 

Southington man's plan for metal theft scrapped


... time in less than a week Saturday after police said he was caught stealing a variety of scrap metal parts from a storage shed off of Clark Street. ...
myrecordjournal.com

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Southington man's plan for metal theft scrapped


... time in less than a week Saturday after police said he was caught stealing a variety of scrap metal parts from a storage shed off of Clark Street. ...
myrecordjournal.com

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Lincoln Man Cited On Suspicion Of Scrap Metal Theft


A man was caught taking scrap metal from some outdoor bins in Lincoln on Sunday, according to the Nebraska State Patrol. Larry Sherman, 55, faces charges ...
ketv.com

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Police warning after spate of scrap metal thefts


A SPATE of scrap metal thefts from farms and other rural properties have led police to urge residents in the Ribble Valley to be ...
lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk

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While the city tries to realize its vision for a new neighborhood ...


Cars lined the curbs, blocking the entrance to E. Perry's scale where trucks carrying scrap metal are weighed. "The streets were inundated with traffic," ...
mainebiz.biz

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High price of copper leads thieves to raid cemeteries


They are stealing hundreds at a time, hoping to sell them to scrap metal dealers for a fraction of their price. About 2000 of them have been stolen in South ...
sun-sentinel.com

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Scrap metal duties to be scrapped?


... Round is planning the final phase of its negotiations, which could eliminate worldwide most import duties on a wide range of waste metal scrap. ...
rwminfo.com

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Hyundai Steel says to raise hot-rolled plate price


The company had recently raised the prices by 60000 won in January. The rise came as prices of steel scrap increased to $490 a tonne in February, ...
reuters.com

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Half Year Earnings Report


Raw material costs ($76M unfavourable) - Higher scrap costs and higher USD iron ore purchase prices at the Port Kembla Steelworks. - Higher steel feed costs ...
newsstore.smh.com.au

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LME steel futures trade on first day


They account for almost half of the world's total crude steel production, which is at around 1.3 billion tonnes annually. The price of scrap, ...
guardian.co.uk

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China says iron ore supply-demand to stabilize as steel products ...


China's steel products shipments point to a further slowdown in exports as government measures such as a reduction in export rebates and scrapping of ...
money.cnn.com

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Construction industry to face ruin on further hike in MS rod prices


Denying the ship breakers' role in the hike in scrap prices, PHP Group Chairman Sufi Mizanur Rahman said, "The supply of ships have decreased as well as the ...
thedailystar.net

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THE PUEBLO CHIEFTAIN


SO HOW do you melt a railroad car of scrap steel and make it into something pure, useful, and valuable? Naturally, you start with a lot of scrap. ...
chieftain.com

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Asia Ex-Japan Equity Preview: BHP, Hyundai Steel, PTT, Timah


Hyundai Steel Co. (004020 KS): South Korea's second-largest steelmaker will increase prices of its hot-rolled coil products by 9 percent in March to cover ...
bloomberg.com

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Global steel prices: the sky is the limit


"Rising scrap prices, higher orders, and supply constraints have seen long product prices in Germany up by 130 euros per tonne over the past month," ...
guardian.co.uk

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Zinifex turns to nickel to replace Century zinc


"Our strategy is to diversify our commodity base with a focus on copper, nickel and related metals such as lead, silver and gold, while of course ...
business.theage.com.au

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Metals - Copper retreats from 21-month high as stockpiles build


Among other metals, nickel rose to 28525 usd against 28400 usd, aluminium was trading at 2896 usd against 2920 usd, and lead climbed to 3268 usd a tonne ...
money.cnn.com

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Xstrata FY coal output up, copper down 2 pct UPDATE


The group's mined nickel rose slightly to 52108 tonnes from 51674 tonnes, with lower grades at the Sudbury and Montcalm operations offset by increased ...
money.cnn.com

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Skeena Acquires Copper-Platinum-Palladium-Gold Tropico Project in ...


There is also potential for massive, high-grade, copper-nickel-platinum-palladium-gold occurrences in "feeder-pipe" zones or along major faults or within ...
pr-usa.net

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GlobeStar Mining Corporation: Update on Mineral Resource Estimate ...


... 3.5 kilometers east of GlobeStar's Cumpie Hill nickel deposit and 1.5 kilometers west of the Company's Cerro de Maimon copper/gold project. ...
marketwire.com

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Monday, 25 February 2008
 

Scrap metal thieves target museum


A BURNLEY museum is bidding to install CCTV in a bid to stop scrap metal thieves. Queen Street Mill has become the latest victim of the ...
burnleycitizen.co.uk

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Residents warned against scrap metal collectors


Residents of Kampong Berangan, near the capital, voiced their concern over certain scrap metal collectors who they believed are allegedly ...
brunei-online.com

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Soaring prices for metal creates incentive for robbers


... by rising prices for scrap. Other pilfered items include a church bell in Lodi, street lamps and the stainless steel pieces for an Olympic-size pool. ...
newsday.com

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BlueScope expected to post $300m profit


Mr Drew said "potential headwinds" could include the stronger currency and rising scrap prices but falling zinc prices should partly offset these factors. ...
news.smh.com.au

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The vanishing vessels


... contents to scrap yards overseas. The Ghost Fleet most likely will keep shrinking for several years because of high steel prices and other factors, ...
inrich.com

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Bullion market registers hefty gains


Nickel Inco, too was up by Rs25 on local buying. Good demand from furnace units coupled with firm LME copper at $8400 per tonne pushed up Copper Wire Scrap ...
economictimes.indiatimes.com

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Undercover operation as explorer prepares to bring Rover out of ...


Aragon was spun off last year to house Westgold's Western Australian gold, nickel and uranium exploration interests, most notably a big chunk of the Yandal ...
business.theage.com.au

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A Load Model Based on Antecedent Dry Periods for Pollutants in ...


There was some improvement in the model fit, as shown by an increasing R^sup 2^, when losses of copper, nickel, and mercury during buildup according to eqs ...
redorbit.com

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Newcastle Minerals Ltd. - 43-101 Report Submitted on Iskut Gold ...


This report evaluates and makes recommendations for further exploration on the newly discovered and defined Iskut gold-copper-molybdenum porphyry deposit. ...
Elgin Lotto & Tobacconist

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Sunday, 24 February 2008
 

Steel prices squeezing industries


Rather than to increase profit margins, steelmakers contend they are raising prices to recover climbing costs for iron ore, ferroalloys, coke, scrap, ...
nwitimes.com

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US Steel's '03 iron ore mines decision to pay off


US Steel also will have a bigger advantage than scrap-using mini-mills, Bradford said, because of the rising cost of scrap steel. ...
pittsburghlive.com

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Hyundai Steel to raise HR prices by


Hyundai said that the hike is unavoidable given the sustained price increase in key raw materials such as steel slab and scrap.
As Published by steelguru.com

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SS scrap import increases in Zhangjiagang


Stainless scrap demands increased since the low stainless scrap cost. 2. International stainless scrap resources were in a short supply, so domestic steel ...
steelguru.com

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Three landfill employees charged with embezzlement


Over a five-month period, three city employees sold a total of $4881.45 worth of scrap metal which belonged to the city of McAlester and then ...
mcalesternews.com

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Action: More must be done to stop theft of scrap metal, copper wire


Guam's current laws that regulate scrap metal transactions to deter illegal sales have proven unsuccessful. The ongoing thefts show there's still a demand ...
guampdn.com

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Take cash out of metal equation


This measure revamps the existing scrap metal dealer's law. This expanded business regulation reflects the best practices employed in other jurisdictions, ...
guampdn.com

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Put all scrap transactions on paper


Scrap metal has only become an issue on Guam since the metal plates were taken from the Asan Bay Overlook last year. ...
guampdn.com

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