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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.com

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Family squabble escalates; father and son charged


A Sunday afternoon family squabble escalated into shoving and eventually into gunplay, state police said. ...
timesonline.com

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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.com

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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

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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

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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.com

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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

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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.za

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.au

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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

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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.au

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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.au

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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.au

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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.au

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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.uk

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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.uk

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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.com

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(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.com

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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.net

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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'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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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Scrap metal drive


Northern Virginia
nvdaily.com

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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

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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.com

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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.au

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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.au

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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.uk

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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

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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.uk

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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.au

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.in

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.net

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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.com

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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.com

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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.uk

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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.uk

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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.uk

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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.uk

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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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.com

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Lundin warns of spiralling costs at Tenke