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Friday, 30 May 2008
 

Scrap metal search a risky business


They are believed to have accidentally detonated a bomb while searching for scrap metal. Two months ago, a couple in the southern province of Dong Nai was ...
thanhniennews.com

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Arrests made in Ephrata for scrap metal thefts


Two men and a woman were arrested this week after allegedly stealing aluminum, scrap metal and cut wire from an Ephrata wrecking ...
columbiabasinherald.com

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Finding vehicle doors at a Baghdad metal dealer’s shop a bad sign ...


... Stripes BAGHDAD — Sgt. 1st Class Joseph Gaskin isn’t exactly known for mincing words, and he’s got little patience for this Iraqi scrap metal dealer. ...
stripes.com

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Superglue + Leather + Scrap Metal = Your Very Own Time Machine


The internet has changed the world in many ways, from making it easier to find pornography to making it easier for teenage girls to pose on social ...
io9.com

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China quake survivors scavenge amid the ruins


Instead, many are scavenging for any bit of scrap metal to sell so they can buy food and other necessities. For the estimated 5 million homeless quake ...
ap.google.com

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China quake survivors scavenge amid the ruins


Instead, many are scavenging for any bit of scrap metal to sell so they can buy food and other necessities. For the estimated 5 million homeless quake ...
ap.google.com

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Jackson man pleads guilty to stealing scrap metal from state warehouse


He admitted he participated in thefts of scrap metal and a computer from the warehouse. Under the plea agreement, Mangine faces a sentence of three to five ...
app.com

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Four killed when WWII mine explodes


FOUR people were killed, including a child, in the Egyptian city of Alexandria today when an old mine exploded in a scrap metal shop. ...
news.com.au

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Four Killed In Mine Explosion At Egyptian Scrap Shop


An old mine exploded in a scrap metal shop in the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Tuesday, killing four people, including a 12 year-old-boy....
rttnews.com

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WWII mine kills four in Egypt scrap metal shop


Four people were killed, including a child, and 13 wounded when an old mine exploded in a scrap metal shop in the Egyptian Mediterranean port of Alexandria ...
africasia.com

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Gov. Crist Signs Scrap Metal, Insurance Laws


The law makes it harder for copper thieves and people selling other metals to sell it for scrap. It requires scrap metal dealers who buy the metals to get ...
cfnews13.com

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UPDATE 3-Copper eases on rising LME stocks, nickel steadies


Copper eased on Thursday on waning Chinese demand and rising London Metal Exchange stocks, but nickel recovered ...
reuters.com

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Rio Tinto, Joy Global give bullish metals forecasts


Rio Tinto talked up projects from Guinea to Arizona that will provide it with iron ore and nickel to satiate metals demand. The mining group said at an ...
marketwatch.com

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A primer on the study, the process and the players involved - Part 1


At that time, studies by local foresters and ecologists showed that soil acidity and concentrations of copper and nickel were elevated in the same areas ...
northernlife.ca

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Metals tumble on London Metals Exchange


Selling was widespread, with copper for delivery in three months, often seen as a benchmark of the metals market, breaking below key support at $US8,000 a ...
news.smh.com.au

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Tin's skyrocketing price: Indonesian success story?


The price of tin rose significantly last year along with those of other base metals, such as copper, nickel, zinc and lead, thanks to the growth in demand ...
old.thejakartapost.com

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Rio Tinto bullish on its own and metals industry


Rio highlighted prospects including its Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, west Africa, its La Granja copper project in Peru, and its nickel prospects in ...
commodityonline.com

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If We Ban Copper in Boat Paint, What About Our Homes and Cars?


Everybody who owns a boat knows why toxic coatings (such as copper, nickel, lead or tributyltin) are applied to bottoms of most boats: to keep off ...
thelog.com

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Secondary steel cos raise prices


Our imports, which are largely steel scrap, are becoming costlier. Also, importing coal is become expensive for the same reason. How can we maintain a price ...
timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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(AMM) Keep tight lips, Chrysler bundle purchasers told


Some steel scrap buyers and brokers said they were confused about how the new system would work and said they hoped to get a better explanation. ...
metalbulletin.com

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Russia could increase scrap collection by 25%


Severstal’s Russian steel division Chief Anatoly Kruchinin earlier called for action over the high price of scrap. “Collection of scrap is at a critical ...
metalbulletin.com

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(AMM) Rising steel costs push OCTG tags 15.5% higher in May


Plus, she said, ferrous scrap costs are stabilizing. "Scrap has leveled off so the steel prices will level off as well." Additionally, imports of OCTG ...
metalbulletin.com

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Ferrous scrap prices stable as Turkey remains quiet


The US exporter said the US domestic market for scrap is still very strong. “We still see very good steel production [in the US], with mills running at ...
Elgin Lotto & Tobacconist

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Cramer: I'll Be Clear -- NUE Is a Great Stock


Steel remains in short supply -- check the terrific piece in The Washington Post yesterday -- and Nucor is protected from sky-high scrap prices by its ...
thestreet.com

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Acid shortage could be causing steel price hikes


The price rises are not restricted to steel and iron. Recent news trends indicate copper prices are also on the rise, resulting in a roaring scrap trade. ...
metalworker.com.au

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Autoline on Autoblog with John McElroy


As a result, steel prices are soaring. They've gone up so much, so fast, that a ton of scrap steel now sells for more than a coil of finished steel did a ...
autoblog.com

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Thursday, 29 May 2008
 

Dallas City Council toughens scrap metal rules to combat thefts 3 ...


Several scrap metal recyclers who attended Wednesday’s council meeting said they support an expansion of the city’s ordinance in principle, while telling ...
dallasnews.com

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Man accused of stealing scrap metal


County authorities say a man accused of stealing a junked car and a pile of scrap metal from an elderly Seven Springs woman now faces charges. ...
newsargus.com

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Scrap metal thieves don't take a holiday


But scrap metal thieves were busy at work, targeting businesses and neighborhoods, reports News 11's Shelley Brown. Most recently, thieves hit a business at ...
wtol.com

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Police Investigate Scrap Metal Theft


Cambria County police are investigating a case of stolen scrap metal that happened last Wednesday night. Police said someone hot-wired a ...
wjactv.com

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State worker admits stealing scrap metal


A state worker Wednesday admitted that he schemed with others to steal scrap metal from a state warehouse in Hamilton. ...
nj.com

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Senior Center Hit By Scrap Metal Thieves


But Wednesday, volunteers arrived to find scrap metal thieves had swiped catalytic converters from two of their five vehicles. ...
wwj.com

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West Bend man allegedly stole forklift in attempt to pilfer scrap ...


... A 27-year-old West Bend man has been arrested for using a stolen forklift and a large truck to try to steal scrap metal from a West Bend business. ...
gmtoday.com

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City man, 81, turning scrap metal into cash


The 81-year-old Cornwall resident turns scrap materials into cash which he then hands over to various organizations like the Knights of Columbus, ...
standard-freeholder.com

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City man, 81, turning scrap metal into cash


The 81-year-old Cornwall resident turns scrap materials into cash which he then hands over to various organizations like the Knights of Columbus, ...
standard-freeholder.com

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City man, 81, turning scrap metal into cash


The 81-year-old Cornwall resident turns scrap materials into cash which he then hands over to various organizations like the Knights of Columbus, ...
standard-freeholder.com

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Metal, mettle, meddle


A steady stream of everything from tractor-trailer trucks to four-door sedans drove across the scales, dropping off scrap metal and getting weight tickets ...
delmarvanow.com

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Law amendments committee scraps metal bill


The Tories were unable to salvage a bill Tuesday they hoped would crack down on scrap metal theft. Several Nova Scotia recyclers appeared before the ...
thechronicleherald.ca

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Wednesday, 28 May 2008
 

UPDATE 4-Nickel and copper fall on demand worries


London Metal Exchange nickel MNI3 fell $500 or 2.1 percent to $22800/22900 a tonne by 0931 GMT,following a 3.3 percent slide on Tuesday. Three-months copper ...
reuters.com

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Noront Receives Assays From Earlier Holes and Significant Visuals ...


The anomaly drill testing program on the Double Eagle Project continues with two machines testing visible copper-nickel sulphide and chromite mineralization ...
foxbusiness.com

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PolyMet Mining Costs Rise 71% on Environmental-Safety Measures


PolyMet Mining Corp. said costs for its copper and nickel project in Minnesota have risen 71 percent to $650 million ...
bloomberg.com

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UPDATE 1-Shanghai copper edges up, rangetrading seen


LME nickel MNI3 fell $250 or 1.1 percent to $23050, following a 3.3 percent slide on Tuesday. "There is a real problem with nickel. ...
uk.reuters.com

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Arctic Star Diamond Corp.: Massive Sulphides From First ...


The massive sulphide lenses consist of pyrrhotite and minor chalcopyrite, and have returned significant copper, nickel, and cobalt assays as described in ...
marketwire.com

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Rio jumps on nickel bandwagon


... at its Sulawesi nickel project in Indonesia, as a legal stoush brews over the venture. The chief executive of Rio Tinto's copper division, Bret Clayton, ...
business.smh.com.au

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Nickel's glitter turning to dross


The price of construction metal copper has come off all-time highs of just more than $4 a pound but has still been holding pretty steady, closing at $3.79 a ...
thestar.com

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Oil prices drag market down


Ms Gacis said copper jumped while nickel fell on the London Metal Exchange. "A decline in LME stockpiles and concerns over global supply supported the ...
news.com.au

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Why doesn't wood melt?


Nickels are 25 percent nickel and 75 percent copper, so here we’re dealing with the big price hike for copper plus a similar one for nickel: $2.10 a pound ...
connectsavannah.com

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Steel, Forging a Comeback


Now, steel prices are at historic highs, surging 70 percent in the past year alone, along with the prices of the iron ore, coke, scrap, gas and coal used to ...
washingtonpost.com

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Al Ezz Steel Rebars reports consolidated full year 2007 results


In 2007, scrap and billet prices increased by 18% and 29% in dollar terms respectively. Freight costs, which influence overall feedstock prices, ...
ameinfo.com

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Seamless tube unintended victim of steel export duty


Mr Duda adds that in the last one year the cost of inputs — scrap, pig iron and DRI — for the manufacture of forging billets (which are converted to ...
economictimes.indiatimes.com

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Japan ferrous scrap price nearing JPY 70000 level


Japanese electric furnace steel makers try to find the price trend when they try to pass the higher cost on the selling price.
steelguru.com

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Steel Selling Soars as Prices Keep Rising


News 12's Gene Petriello spend the day talking to a scrap scouter. We're talking about steel and it's worth it's weight in gold, literally. ...
wrdw.com

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Beaumont steel mill turns scrap 'trash to treasure' w/VIDEO


Kris Wood, contracts and logistics manager at Esco Marine in Brownsville, said the company is recycling 8000 to 10000 tons per month of scrap steel....
southeasttexaslive.com

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Firefighters Battle Blaze at Midlothian Scrap Yard


Firefighters were called at 8:40 pm Monday, to the site at 300 Ward Road, which converts junk cars into usable steel, McCaskill said. ...
redorbit.com

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KSA- Builders cry foul as high steel prices affect works


... factor is the dwindling supply of scrap, Shaqlaih added. Shaqlaih also attributed the shortfall in the domestic market and rise in the price of steel to ...
menafn.com

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Boom times in scrap metal


"We're a scrap metal business, not just car wreckers." Cars are drained of oil and fuel, which are recycled, heavy steel is removed for recycling and the ...
stuff.co.nz

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'Sick' scrap metal thieves target war memorial


There have been a number of incidents across East Lancashire prompted by the soaring price of scrap metal, including the thieves who chopped down a ...
lancashiretelegraph.co.uk

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Scrap metal dealers could have license revoked


Industry Minister Karl Samuda says he will decide Tuesday whether to suspend the license of a scrap metal dealer who was allegedly found in possession of ...
radiojamaica.com

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Fire Rages At Scrap Metal Plant


Firefighters from several departments are trying to put out a fire at an Ellis County scrap yard Monday morning. ...
nbc5i.com

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Scrap Metal Collector Electrocuted On West Side


A man electrocuted on the West Side Monday afternoon, possibly while attempting to steal copper wire, remains unidentified early Tuesday. ...
cbs2chicago.com

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State considers legislation to combat increased metal thefts


State lawmakers are considering requiring scrap metal dealers to record more details about scrap metal purchases as thefts increase. ...
ydr.inyork.com

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Operation Kinetic helps police move forward in fight against crime


Local officers have also been working with the local registered scrap metal and motor salvage operators to clampdown on stolen metals being sold on for ...
icwales.icnetwork.co.uk

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Crackdown on rising metal thefts catches scrap dealers in middle


Unlike Pittsburgh, most towns don't require scrap dealers to record a seller's identification, as pawn shops do. With a cash payment and the metal quickly ...
pittsburghlive.com

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Metal theft on the rise


Milton Rachels, owner of the business, was able to track down the table at Morris Scrap Metal and obtain a copy of the receipt given to the suspect....
shelbystar.com

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Metal proving precious to thieves


Another hot item among scrap metal thieves are catalytic converters, a part of a car's exhaust system used to reduce pollutant emissions. ...
dailynewstranscript.com

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Tuesday, 27 May 2008
 

Japanese H2 scrap prices continue to


With Tokyo Steel increasing its scrap purchase price on May19th 2008 most mills have also increased scrap purchase price by JPY 1000 per tonne. ...
steelguru.com

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Russian steelmakers crash on tax threat


... a decade ago on exports of steel scrap. That measure was intended to limit price growth for the scrap which domestic buyers require for their furnaces. ...
ibtimes.com

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Value remains in hot commodities


Schnitzer Steel Industries (SCHN, $95.93), Portland, Ore., mostly recycles metal, steel scrap and auto parts. The company's stock hit a low of $45.10 in ...
jsonline.com

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Q1 2008 Gerdau AmeriSteel Corporation Earnings Conference Call - Final


Pressure on raw material costs like metal, scrap and alloys, has caused US steel prices to also rise. And it's important to note that US steel prices still ...
insurancenewsnet.com

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Esmark Chairman Likes Partnership With Essar Steel


At this point, raw material costs are escalating across all levels of this company - in iron ore, in coal, in coke, in electricity, in scrap. ...
Elgin Lotto & Tobacconist

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Scouts' scrap metal pilfered


Scrap metal donated to help Cambridge scouts pay for a summer exchange trip to England is disappearing almost as fast as people are dropping it off....
news.therecord.com

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City steels itself against metals theft


One part of the solution involves the strengthening of city ordinances governing the intake of scrap metal. “This is a problem that is really escalating ...
telegram.com

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Scrap Metal Tempting Thieves: Its Value is Soaring


As reports of thieves stealing bronze medallions from veterans' graves surface in other communities, a closer look at scrap metal thefts in Daviess ...
redorbit.com

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Coalition gathering scrap


The Faith Build Coalition of the Athens County Habitat for Humanity is hosting a scrap metal collection drive May 31 from 9 am until 1 pm at the Athens ...
athensmessenger.com

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Thieves cash in on copper's rising value


Barbour vetoed the legislation, saying it placed too much of a burden on scrap metal dealers. Many legislators complained that Barbour did not object to any ...
djournal.com

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King of Steptoe Castle accused over £100m scrapyard fortune


And in the case of scrap metal millionaire Andre Serruys the connection could hardly be clearer. With his late father Harry, Andre built up a multi-million ...
thisismoney.co.uk

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Sumitomo Metal Mining to Boost Overseas Mine Projects (Update2)


Sumitomo Metal Mining Co.,Japan's largest nickel smelter, is increasing efforts to develop copper and nickel ...
bloomberg.com

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Copper Gains in Shanghai After London Rises on Slumping Dollar


Copper futures rose in Shanghai after gains in London last week, as weakness in the dollar spurred buying of commodities ...
bloomberg.com

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GlobeStar updates on copper and nickel exploration programs in DR


Canadian GlobeStar Mining Corp. is providing an update on its copper and nickel exploration programs in the Dominican Republic, including the initiation of ...
dominicantoday.com

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EurOmax concludes acquisition of Karavansalija copper-gold property


... copper equivalent, 115 metres at 1.4 grams per tonnes gold and in one hole 42 metres at 3.1 grams per tonne gold followed by 99 metres at 0.4% nickel, ...
newswire.ca

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Monday, 26 May 2008
 

Inflation will not have much adverse impact on UPA: FM


"Here we talk about steel prices going up, but for three years we have stopped the world's largest steel producer from producing steel in India....
hindu.com

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Dealing with energy costs: less politicking, more sense


The cost of fuel to transport crucial steelmaking ingredients such as iron ore, coking coal and scrap steel to mills and finished steel to our plants has ...
twincities.com

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