Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Shredding metal in CG City planners urge approval for scrap ...
Dust from scrap metal falling onto conveyors was observed at one shredder in Salt Lake City and some smoke from torch cutting areas was observed. ...
zwire.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:50

Family squabble escalates; father and son charged
A Sunday afternoon family squabble escalated into shoving and eventually into gunplay, state police said. ...
timesonline.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:49

Metal thieves put fire districts on high alert
Some have contacted scrap metal buyers in the Portland area in an attempt to dissuade them from buying stolen items. The brass connectors are easily ...
columbian.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:47

Sewer grate thefts leave dangerous holes
AP A rash of sewer grate thefts around Northern Kentucky has police worried about safety as thieves seek scrap metal to sell. At least 26 sewer grates have ...
kentucky.com Labels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:44

Don't scrap this bill
If you've never been able to wrap your arms around the idea of globalization, try this one: As the price of scrap metal soars on the world market, ...
newsday.com Labels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:43

Thieves hit metal shop
AN ENGINEER is today counting his losses after scrap metal thieves ripped him off to the tune of more than $20 000. ...
nationnews.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:41

Help the countryside by reporting the fly-tippers
A strange opening for my column – I agree – but given that I have met some Scrap Metal Thugs (SMT) who came knocking on my door to see if I wanted any ...
icwales.icnetwork.co.uk Labels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:40

Metal prices polish up value of old cellphones
It is called "urban mining": scavenging through the scrap metal in old electronic products in search of such gems as iridium. It is a growth industry around ...
busrep.co.zaLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:39

Planning Board Rejects Scrap Metal Firm’s Expansion Plans
The company, which does some processing of scrap metal, is looking to expand its operations to include accepting old vehicles for scrap. ...
recyclingtoday.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:39

Governor wants Legislature to make life harder for metal thieves
"The scrap metal theft is a destructive and dangerous criminal trend,” said Mark James Director of the Department of Public Safety. ...
ky3.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:35

UPDATE 1-Russia's Norilsk says to bid for giant copper field
... giant Norilsk Nickel (GMKN.MM: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday it was going to take part in a tender to develop the large Udokan copper field. ...
reuters.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:34

Copper Falls in London as Dollar's Gains Erode Appeal of Metals
Nickel and zinc slid. Copper had a correlation of 0.63 to the dollar in the past month, more than triple the reading for last year. ...
bloomberg.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:33

Second Quarter Cashflow and Activities Report 31 March 2008
The principle contracts for the construction and operation of the open pit mining phase of the Copernicus Nickel Project were awarded after a well supported ...
newsstore.smh.com.auLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:32

Quarterly Report - March 2008
KEYPOINTS RAMU NICKEL PROJECT 7 Project moves to large scale construction and operating phase. 7 Financing for the project expected to be finalized in the ...
newsstore.smh.com.au Labels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:29

Quarterly Activities and Cashflow Reports
Copper values up to 150 ppm and cobalt up to 192 ppm confirm the prospectivity of the project for ultramafic hosted nickel - copper - cobalt sulphide ...
newsstore.smh.com.auLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:28

Quarterly Activities Report
... in turn, underlain by a lower ultramafic which contains anomalous nickel and copper, indicating another exploration opportunity While the mineralisation ...
newsstore.smh.com.auLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:27

Appendix 4D and Half Year Report
PALABORA PROJECT As advised to the ASX on 1 April 2008, installation of the Palabora nickel recovery plant in South Africa is nearing completion and ...
newsstore.smh.com.auLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:23

Appendix 4D and Half Year Report
PALABORA PROJECT As advised to the ASX on 1 April 2008, installation of the Palabora nickel recovery plant in South Africa is nearing completion and ...
newsstore.smh.com.auLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:23

Global steel prices - brace for a correction?
... the cost increases of iron ore, coking coal and scrap prices. "Underlying steel demand is expected to remain solid for at least H1 2008," the Bank said. ...
guardian.co.ukLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:39

RECORD HIKE FOR US STEEL PRICES
Producers need to offset the large increases in raw materials, such as iron ore and scrap. Consequently transaction values continue to advance, ...
meps.co.ukLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:37

Nucor Corp.
Nucor has also acquired two scrap metal processors this year in order to temper its exposure to higher volatility in scrap metal prices. ...
zacks.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:36

(AMM) Raw material costs driving long products hikes
Many sources?mills and buyers?lament that scrap prices are rising not only because of supply tightness but also due to export demand. ...
metalbulletin.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:34

Govt probe body orders ship breakers to curb price
The probe body also said scrap metals and mild steel (MS) rods should not be sold for over Tk 40000 and Tk 52000 a tonne respectively. ...
thedailystar.netLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:33

Metal prices, thefts up
In the nearly three decades he has been in the scrap-metal business Ron Vogt, who runs Maryland Recycle Co. in Glen Burnie and other locations, said prices ...
hometownannapolis.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:32

Webb Responds to Increased Raw Material Costs
No 1 heavy melting steel and shredded steel scrap. Rising prices for these commodities is further fueled by a weak US dollar and limited supply. ...
forconstructionpros.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:26

Govt plans duty rejig to cool steel prices
Steel prices have risen about over 60% in last one year. In recent months, the hikes have been frequent. While steel companies maintain a voluntary ...
economictimes.indiatimes.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:25

Vindictive policies will hurt the steel industry
High international steel prices are, therefore, here to stay, at least for one more year. Coming to domestic steel prices, the bogey of cartelisation is ...
deccanherald.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:23

Steel and global contracts need to be studied
Raw materials have only chased steel. The scrap that sells for $600 or more today at $1000 plus HRC prices, were selling at $80 or less when the HRCs were ...
financialexpress.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:17

One man's scrap is another's treasure
The high cost of scrap has forced domestic mills to raise steel prices and are putting US minimills at a disadvantage, said steel analyst Charles Bradford. ...
nwitimes.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:15

'A huge effect'
The drop in the supply of steel scrap and its huge price increase can pound the profits of the small manufacturers who use it to ...
nwitimes.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:12

Booming copper exports, but no copper mines...
Record copper and steel prices are fueling a South African crime wave that's targeted monuments, rail tracks, street lights and cables. With 3000 unlicensed scrap-metal dealers in Cape Town alone, politicians plan to regulate the ...
southafricanhell.blogspot.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:11

Orissa, a hunting ground for scrap dealers
With iron ore prices hovering around Rs 3600 per tonne, steel-makers are looking for alternative inputs for steel-making facilities.
sahihai.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:07

High price of scrap metal killing all parts cars
The price of scrap metal is at an all time high. It was $250 / ton last week. Scrap guys are buying and rounding up all the cheap cars and parts they can find and taking them to the scrap yard. China is buying all the steel it can get ...
mx6.com Labels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:06

Misc Busse & Scrap Yard
User Steel Heart Ergo black/black (Factory nylon sheath) - $425 Sage Mini Sus Scrofa with black micarta - $210 Sage Active Duty - $225 Heavy Heart FSH (HHFSH) Black with standard black micarta, basic tan leather sheath, has been used, ...
bladeforums.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:04

Caprock Analytics Stock Ratings
Steel Dynamics, Inc. is a steel producer. The Company, with its acquisition of OmniSource Corporation (OmniSource), is a scrap processor in the United States.
During the year ended December 31, 2007, its consolidated shipments, ...
stock-net.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:03

CMC: Scrap steel prices are up - 3/26/2008 9:54:00 AM - Purchasing
Purchasing.com forecast an increase in first quarter scrap prices late in 2007 (see Steel scrap prices to rise in the first quarter). ...
email.purchasing.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 08:00

Monday, 28 April 2008
Wartime cluster bombs still reap deadly harvest in Laos
Poverty has fuelled a deadly trade: collecting war junk for scrap metal. In nearby Hing Kor village, the wailing of a widow echoes from a bamboo hut,...
afp.google.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:49

High times for heavy metal
That fact is there's only so much scrap metal out there." From Lonchar's perspective, the business is evolving rapidly. These days many plumbing contractors ...
nj.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:41

Fallen scrap metal flattens tires on I-29
Sioux City police say the tires on as many as 50 cars were flattened after they ran over scrap metal that fell off a truck on ...
kgan.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:39

Largest Scrap Metal Auction to date.
27 million pounds of scrap metal from aircraft hulls, wings and wheels will soon be available for bid through online auction marketplace, ...
hub-4.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:38

Fallen scrap metal flattens tires on I-29
Sioux City police say the tires on as many as 50 cars were flattened after they ran over scrap metal that fell ...
argusleader.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:37

Two men arrested for taking scrap metal, littering
Two men were arrested Thursday by the Davidson County Sheriff's Office for taking scrap metal and littering a pasture on Swicegood Road in Linwood....
the-dispatch.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:36

Hubbard cops seek copper-pipe thieves
Police believe the thieves are selling the copper piping for scrap metal — something that police Chief Marty Kanetsky said is exacerbating the problem. ...
vindy.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:34

Turning to Scrap Metal For Extra Cash
The lines are long and the loads are full at area scrap yards. The price for scrap metal is up about $100 from last month. A full load can bring in a lot of ...
abclocal.go.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:33

Money for Scrap Metal
"A couple of hundred dollars," he said, laughing. "So that's not a bad day." Once compressed, the scrap metal is shipped to mills to be melted down and used ...
13wham.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:32

Scrap metal drive
Northern Virginia
nvdaily.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:31

Shanghai, LME copper up; strike, technicals support
... Nickel 29200.00 -300.00 -1.02 26350.00 10.82 LME Lead 2755.00 -15.00 -0.54 2550.00 8.04 LME/Shanghai arb^ 4739 ** 1st contract month for COMEX copper ...
forbes.com Labels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:30

A Sleeper Stock to Revisit
The NorthMet deposit is a world class polymetallic magmatic sulfide deposit containing primarily copper, nickel and PGM's, hosted near the base of the ...
resourceinvestor.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:28

The tinpot miner is suddenly respectable
LES Emery's Marengo Mining (ASX: MGO) is on a bit of a roll thanks to a combination of a Toronto listing, strong copper and molybdenum prices, ...
business.theage.com.auLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:27

Quarterly Report March 08 and Appendix 5B
Assay results indicated elevated values of nickel, copper, chrome, cobalt and platinum group metals. More recently the Company undertook a high resolution ...
newsstore.smh.com.auLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:26

Steel screams on LME despite recession talk
The last scream before the bell sets the benchmark price for copper, nickel, aluminium, zinc, tin, and lead, respectively, across the world. ...
telegraph.co.ukLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:25

Sunday, 27 April 2008
BHP: Copper, nickel, aluminium output down in Q3
But copper output in the first nine months of BHP's fiscal year was at a record 984000 tonnes, up 8% year-on-year. Nickel and aluminium output were also ...
metalbulletin.com Labels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:54

BHP reports fall in copper, nickel and aluminium output
During the quarter, industrial disputes and adverse weather conditions also reduced output of nickel 6% year-on-year. While alumina output rose 1% ...
metalmarkets.org.ukLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:53

Shanghai copper down
... with declines of less than 1 per cent for copper and marginal increases for both zinc and nickel," Sempra Metals economist John Kemp said in a note. ...
theaustralian.news.com.auLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:52

Noront Says Sample Results From Ontario Mine Delayed (Update1)
2 interview that Noront would announce minimum copper and nickel reserves in the deposit by the end of 2007. The delay in assay results doesn't mean ...
bloomberg.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:51

India copper futures flat on overnight losses
... the benchmark April zinc (MZIJ8> was up 0.11 percent to 89.05 rupees, per kg. Other base metals like nickel and lead also opened flat tracking copper.
in.reuters.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:50

MEIR ON METALS
Copper: We are at $8516 per tonne on copper, down $7, and well above the intraday lows of $8370. The US dollar’s strength is again overriding copper’s ...
metalbulletin.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:48

Saturday, 26 April 2008
Badal writes to PM to ban forward trading in steel
He said that the setting up of a Regulatory commission would be a right step to resolve all the issues relating to Steel Prices. Punjab has a large number ...
economictimes.indiatimes.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 07:00

MEASURES TO CONTAIN STEEL PRICES
(i) In the Union Budget Proposal 2008-09, the import duty on melting scrap has been reduced from 5% to NIL. (ii) General Rate of Excise Duty has also been ...
pib.nic.inLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:59

India Inflation Rate Climbs to Near Three-Year High (Update3)
... and scrap import duties to safeguard domestic supplies and tame prices. Prime Minister Singh also persuaded Indian steelmakers including Tata Steel Ltd. ...
bloomberg.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:57

Soaring Steel Makes Winners and Losers
And scrap steel has climbed 237%, doubling since last year. These price increases have put severe pressure on the entire steel supply chain, ...
businessweek.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:56

Iron and steel prices weigh heavy
It also stated that, after the Indian government reduced the import duty on scrap by five percent, the prices of iron ore and coking coal went up by 2.7 and ...
kuenselonline.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:53

Iron and steel prices weigh heavy
It also stated that, after the Indian government reduced the import duty on scrap by five percent, the prices of iron ore and coking coal went up by 2.7 and ...
kuenselonline.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:53

Thursday, 24 April 2008
Steel Dynamics Reports Record Sales and Earnings for First Quarter ...
"Prices for both flat-rolled steel and scrap climbed faster and higher than we had anticipated, accelerating the margin growth we had predicted for the ...
pr-canada.net Labels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 14:07

India to become 3rd largest steel producer in 2013
The prices for long products are marked up over the cost of import price of
steel scrap. from a large number of mini mills. Therefore, long products too are ...
commodityonline.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 14:06

SSAB Q1 profits up on strong sales, price hikes; beats ...
'The scrap metal prices increased and had an almost immediate impact on the costs for the North America Division, which could not be fully offset by price ...
forbes.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 14:05

SSAB sees small margin effect from steel price rises
He also said the cost of scrap metal, the main raw material for the firm's IPSCO division in North America, had continued to rise in the second quarter ...
reuters.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 13:56

AK Steel predicts improved quarter
Average selling prices are expected to rise another $100 a ton to about $1235 a ton, offsetting higher prices for scrap metal, iron ore and natural gas. ...
news.enquirer.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 13:52

Scrap metal prices, thefts up
The price of scrap metal is up to record highs and consequently so is the number of thefts of what was previously thought of as junk. ...
zwire.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 10:07

Vermont's Scrap Metal Market
If you bring a piece of copper into a scrap metal dealer today, you'll likely receive around $3.00 per pound. That's up substantially from the 75 cents per ...
vpr.netLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 10:06

Police making scrap metal arrests
Police described the material stolen as several large primer-colored beams. metal drove into the scrap yard on McNeill Street. Police converged on the area ...
shreveporttimes.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 10:05

UPDATE: Tractor-Trailer Burns at St. Louis Scrap Metal Yard
Fire crews are on the scene of a tractor-trailer fire at a scrap metal yard in St. Louis. Bob Keuss, a spokesperson, for the St. Louis City Fire ...
ksdk.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 10:04

Metal thefts rate quadruples over a year
In the 12 months up to the start of April there was a total of 988 metal thefts across the county, fuelled by the soaring price of scrap metal, ...
northamptonchron.co.ukLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 10:03

Police search for scrap metal
British Transport Police (BTP) visited the scrap metal yard yesterday along with others across London and Surrey while officers in Austria, Belgium, ...
epsomguardian.co.ukLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 10:02

Police target dealers in bid to beat metal thefts
At another site, a man arrived with scrap metal that he could not give an explanation for. Although police could not prove it was stolen, the man was found ...
thisisyork.co.ukLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 10:01

سرقات غامضة في بريطانيا
Lead is also being stolen from church roofs, and road signs and manhole covers sell well as scrap metal. Its value has increased by 50 percent in one year. ...
news.bbc.co.ukLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 10:00

Thieves Stealing Sewer Grates For Scrap Metal
Police are looking for the thieves who stole sewer grates from Fort Thomas and Green Township to sell as scrap metal. We have a warning to watch out for a ...
local12.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 09:59

DelDOT sees jump in storm grate thefts
Now, desperate for cash, thieves are making off with storm grates, railroad rails, guardrails, light poles, basically any scrap metal they think they can ...
delawareonline.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 09:58

UPDATE 1-BHP Q3 copper, nickel, aluminium output drops
... Profile, Research) reported an 8 percent fall in third quarter copper production on Wednesday, its top revenue earner, as well as declines in nickel and ...
uk.reuters.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 09:57

Wallbridge Announces $2.7 Million Program for Xstrata Nickel JV ...
The monies allocated will allow us to continue copper-nickel-PGE exploration on three properties that have previous mineralization discoveries. ...
foxbusiness.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 09:56

Manicouagan Completes Airborne Survey of Mouchalagane Nickel ...
A diamond drill was mobilized and has been set up on the Mouchalagane Nickel/Copper/ PGE property. Drilling is expected to commence in late May or early ...
marketwire.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 09:55

Dollar bounce knocks copper, tin sentiment strong
Zinc closed at $2239 from $2270/2271 on Tuesday, lead at $2805 from $2840 and nickel at $28700 from $28900. Metal Prices at 1745 GMT Metal Last Change Pct ...
forbes.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 09:54

Lundin warns of spiralling costs at Tenke