Sunday, 31 August 2008
Tata Steel Q1 net up at Rs 3900 cr
Global steel prices have corrected by $60-100 per tonne from their peak. Scrap prices have dropped by 24% to $435 per tonne over the past month. ...
sify.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 19:16

Scrap steel brings headaches
HA NOI — Scrap steel imports are still posing a problem to authorities and import enterprises, who still haven’t found an effective way of importing enough ...
vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vnLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 19:15

2009 metals pricing
Indeed, a new investment arena has been scrap steel, where demand has been so strong and with it, prices. The high cost of production and the lack of new ...
steelguru.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 19:14

2009 metals pricing
Indeed, a new investment arena has been scrap steel, where demand has been so strong and with it, prices. The high cost of production and the lack of new ...
steelguru.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 19:14

Police: Kegs Being Stolen, Sold For Scrap
But that hasn't stopped thieves from stealing them, selling them to scrap yards for $30 each, police said. With the price of steel going up in the past year ...
kctv5.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 19:12

Copper may dip on substitutes fear
Copper ended with a marginal gain of 0.88 per cent during the last week at $7648, while aluminium and nickel closed rangebound at $2705 and $20350, ...
business-standard.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 17:20

Vale Inco nickel processing plant
Vale Inco said that it is a major breakthrough for their USD 2 billion projects, which plan to dump more than 400000 tonnes of tailings of copper, nickel, ...
steelguru.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 17:18

Mining executive steps down
The president and CEO of Canadian Royalties Inc., developer of the $465-million Nunavik nickel-copper mine in northern Quebec, has resigned the company said ...
canada.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 17:17

Oil prices bounce above $120 on US storm concerns
Most base metals, including aluminium, copper and tin, suffered losses on widespread concern that slowing economic growth could sap demand. ...
dailytimes.com.pkLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 17:17

Men, teen arrested for scrap metal thefts
Two Davidson County men and a teenager have been arrested for allegedly stealing scrap metal and trying to sell it for cash to a scrap metal buyer,...
the-dispatch.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 10:41

E-scrap trade leads to smelter expansion
Xstrata's Horne outfit in Rouyn-Noranda aims to double its capacity by 2010 The trade in e-scrap - metal-laden waste from computers, mobile phones and other ...
canada.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 10:39

Newburgh looks at bright side
A scrap metal operation that operated on the site for more than 40 years left it in such bad condition that it ended up on the Environmental Protection ...
recordonline.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 10:38

CITY OF LOCKPORT: 2 charged in scrap metal theft
An employee of a local scrap metal dealer reported a light pole matching that description had come in on Saturday. The employee reportedly said he had paid ...
theamherstrecord.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 10:36

Saturday, 30 August 2008
Copper Heads for Second Monthly Decline in London on Stockpiles
Nickel and lead also slid. Inventories monitored by the London Metal Exchange gained 41 percent since the end of June to 173375 metric tons, ...
bloomberg.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 20:30

Bay Street Week Ahead-Base metals a bargain, but how safe?
... where the meteoric rise of nickel and zinc to all-time highs in the past two years has finally come back to earth. Copper has fared better, ...
reuters.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 20:29

Copper falls 1 pct on China demand worry
Nickel dropped to $20200 from $20500 on continuing worries about demand from stainless steel producers, the biggest users of the metal. ...
africa.reuters.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 20:27

Cobalt - small metal, wild ride
Cobalt, a small metal in global tonnage terms, ranks as an important by product of a number of copper mines, particularly brownfields operations under ...
mineweb.netLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 20:26

Talvivaara Mining on track for nickel production this year
... tonnes of nickel per annum for 40 years. The mine will also produce 60000 tonnes per annum of zinc, 10000 tonnes per annum of copper and 1200 tonnes per ...
proactiveinvestors.co.ukLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 20:25

Scrap prices dipping in
Turkish market remains quiet and American scrap price keeps on decreasing. Japanese Tokyo Steel has cut its scrap purchasing prices again by JPY 2000 to JPY ...
steelguru.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 20:22

Nickel risks further sharp fall on slow demand
That in turn points to a well-supplied stainless scrap market with prices down $500 per tonne this year, Wright said. If stainless steel demand does not ...
guardian.co.ukLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 20:21

Program keeps some mercury out of environment
Under the state's program, scrap yard or junkyards receive $3 for each light switch and $5 for each antilock brake switch they remove from junked cars. ...
chicagotribune.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 20:12

“Junk” metal fetches high prices
With scrap metal prices increasing, thieves are taking advantage of opportunities that may have been overlooked in the past. Capt. ...
nwobserver.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:45

Britain's biggest ever seizure of stolen metal
Anyone with information on scrap metal theft should contact Staffordshire Police on 08453 302010 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
telegraph.co.ukLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:44

Sims Group delivers a good full-year result
RAPIDLY growing scrap metal recycler Sims Group boosted full-year earnings by 81 per cent, after a stunning fourth quarter delivered record scrap prices and ...
theaustralian.news.com.auLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:43

Metal theft a growing crime
OmniSource buys scrap metal, but is working hard to make sure stolen metal doesn't end up in its scrap yards or others. ``It is bad business,'' Squadrito ...
mlive.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:41

Thieves wreck house for scrap metal
THIEVES trashed a village house for the sake of a few hundred pounds of scrap. The intruders broke into Lepton Grange on Wakefield Road and caused many ...
examiner.co.ukLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:40

Rocketing scrap prices mean less dumped cars
Huddersfield scrap metal merchants have seen trade increase due to high premiums for metal in Asia. It has led to fewer dumped cars on the borough’s roads, ...
examiner.co.ukLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:39

‘Council recycle truck turned my Fiat Punto to scrap metal’
CARE worker Alexis Campbell couldn’t believe her eyes when a council recycling truck backed into her cherished Fiat Punto car, condemning it to the ...
walesonline.co.ukLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:38

‘Council recycle truck turned my Fiat Punto to scrap metal’
CARE worker Alexis Campbell couldn’t believe her eyes when a council recycling truck backed into her cherished Fiat Punto car, condemning it to the ...
walesonline.co.ukLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:33

New laws chase copper thieves online
Since the state passed new laws making it harder for someone to sell stolen scrap metal, especially the globally valuable copper, Metro police detectives ...
Elgin Lotto & Tobacconist Labels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:32

Video of the fire at Slesnick Iron & Metal Co.
CANTON Firefighters are investigating the early Thursday blaze that destroyed some machinery at a large scrap metal business in the city's southeast end. ...
cantonrep.com Labels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:30

Drying up the scrap metal theft business
A new law could dry up much of the market for the sale of scrap metal---and it appears to have been working even before it went into effect. ...
missourinet.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:29

Scrap price sees another round of decline in East China
It is reported that some leading steel mills in East China have continuous lowered scrap purchase prices in recent two days since traders' purchase price is ...
steelprices-india.com Labels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:55

Sims's Fourth-Quarter Profit Triples on Higher Prices (Update1)
Global scrap prices peaked in the quarter, driven by higher demand for steel, the company said. Profit was boosted by the $1.49 billion acquisition in March ...
bloomberg.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:54

Second-Quarter Report and Outlook
Nucor is also continuing to use its February acquisition of scrap processor David J. Joseph Co. and its March 2007 acquisition of Harris Steel as growth ...
metalcenternews.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:53

Sims forecasts strong start to new year
Its net profit rose 81 per cent to $433.16 million in 2007/08, from the prior year, after being underpinned by higher ferrous scrap prices and increased ...
news.smh.com.auLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:52

Conergy, Daimler, Norddeutsche, and RWE: German Equity Preview
The recycling company said first- half profit rose 74 percent to 34 million euros as higher prices for steel and scrap metal boosted ...
bloomberg.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:51

Intown lifestyle more popular
In 2001, Atlanta-based Perennial Properties began looking for industrial property to redevelop and found a scrap metal yard and an auto body shop on ...
ajc.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:50

More plaques taken from Auckland graves
Police and local scrap metal dealers have been advised of the thefts, which followed a rise in scrap metal prices. Returned Services Association Auckland ...
stuff.co.nzLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:49

United Kingdom - * Copper lower on macroeconomic concerns, falling ...
"While some currency pressure may remain we see copper, nickel and aluminium prices rising on a recovery in Chinese demand." Lead gained for a second ...
forbes.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:48

Copper Declines in China on Rising Stockpiles, Economic Concern
Zinc was little changed at $1800 a ton, tin gained 1.7 percent to $20500 a ton, lead was down 0.5 percent at $2025 and nickel hadn't traded.
bloomberg.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:47

Shanghai copper falls 1 percent, stocks eyed
Copper futures fell 1 percent in Shanghai on Friday, tracking losses in London, as investors fretted over ...
forbes.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:46

Copper down on demand doubts
"Despite the barrage of negative news we believe that prices for copper, nickel and aluminium should prove robust for the next 6-12 months unless the global ...
businessspectator.com.auLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:45

Panoramic Profit Slumps on Falling Nickel Prices, Higher Costs
The company said earlier this month it's considering diversifying into copper, lead, zinc, and gold and prefers assets in Australia.
bloomberg.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 06:42

Friday, 29 August 2008
New laws affect political donations, drunken boaters, scrap metal ...
Another law requires scrap metal dealers to keep good records so police can track people who steal metal and sell it for the cash. It also prohibits scrap ...
ky3.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:21

Cracking Down On Metal Thefts
There's a lot of metal that goes in and out of CMC Recycling in downtown Chattanooga. And Tony Rigney is dropping some off today. "It's all for a company," ...
newschannel9.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:20

Scrap metal cleared from 81-year-old's property
Marion Falinski returned from hospital in Dauphin Monday evening to find his plots of land in Ethelbert cleared of four truckloads of scrap metal he had ...
winnipegfreepress.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:19

Thieves stealing beer kegs to sell as scrap metal
As the price of stainless steel climbs, thieves are cashing in by selling the kegs for scrap. By Jesse Fray As the price of stainless steel goes up, ...
ljworld.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:15

Profile of a collector: Scrapper Joe (scrap metal, etc.)
(Art Review & Preview) In this city, a pick-up truck creeping down the alley loaded with washers, bike frames, and other metal scrap is not an uncommon ...
tcdailyplanet.netLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:14

Brisbane scrap metal fire put out
Firefighters have extinguished a blaze that has been burning for days at Rocklea on Brisbane's southside. Seven firefighting crews and three aerial ...
abc.net.auLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:13

Freeze lifted on scrap metal dealers licence
THE Government has decided to reissue the scrap metal dealers licence after a two-year freeze, the Dewan Rakyat was told. Home Minister Datuk Seri Syed ...
thestar.com.myLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:12

Trucker warns others about theft after APU cover stolen for scrap ...
They were offering to buy aluminum cans, scrap copper and scrap metal for about 72 cents per pound. “So I figure the person who stole it probably made about ...
landlinemag.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 11:11

Nucor unit buys American Compressed Steel The Business Journal of ...
The company has 112 employees and processes nearly 180000 tons of scrap per year. Secondary Resources, also based in Missouri, is a provider of scrap and ...
bizjournals.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 05:22

Steel Prices To Peak In September
Long product prices have also risen over the same period thanks to higher scrap prices and strong demand from the Middle East, which helped restrict local ...
fnarena.com Labels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 05:22

Global steel prices expected to peak before
Escalating scrap costs helped to propel prices higher. Strong demand from the Middle East redirected significant volumes away from western markets as ...
steelguru.com Labels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 05:20

Steel prices dip lower in July
Meanwhile, global steel prices continues upward path within the month supported by steep scrap and billet prices. Chinese steel price has posted modest ...
steelguru.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 05:19

Nucor Acquires American Compressed Steel
This acquisition represents another step in Nucor's previously announced plan to utilize DJJ as a platform for continued growth in the scrap processing ...
recyclingtoday.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 05:18

Quincy Scrap Metal Thefts
Quincy police are trying to figure out who's stealing scrap metal from a couple of area businesses. An employee of the Burlington Junction Railroad says ...
khqa.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 05:16

New Rules For Buying And Selling Scrap Metal
scrap metal law Ronald Hinton makes a drop at CMC recycling center about three times a month. Ronald Hinton, "Roofing is slow and when it's slow and this is ...
wdef.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 05:15

Brisbane scrap metal fire still burning
Emergency services say a large fire in a scrap metal business on Brisbane's southside is likely to burn until it runs out of fuel. ...
abc.net.auLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 05:14

Arrest made in scrap metal theft
27 when he foiled the get-a-way of an alleged local scrap metal thief, according to the sheriff's office Nutt was traveling west on Hanover Street when a ...
journal-news.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 05:13

New State Law Cracks Down on Metal Thefts
Law enforcement officers are putting the heat on scrap metal businesses. On Wednesday they inspected area scrap businesses looking for ...
wrcbtv.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 05:12

Thieves make merry as scrap metal prices shoot up
In fact, it is the steel demand from China that has pushed up the scrap metal prices the world over, if reports from various media are to be believed. ...
expressindia.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 05:11

Lawmen Going Door-to-Door to Stop Metal Thieves
The thieves in turn resell the stolen "scrap" metal to various dealers. However a new law was recently passed placing new requirements on scrap metal ...
newschannel9.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 05:10

Arrest made in Genesee County scrap metal thefts
An Oakfield man was arrested today on two felony counts of grand larceny following a nine-month investigation into thefts of scrap metal, ...
buffalonews.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 05:07

Arrest made in Genesee County scrap metal thefts
An Oakfield man was arrested today on two felony counts of grand larceny following a nine-month investigation into thefts of scrap metal, ...
buffalonews.comLabels: scrap metal theft
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 05:07

Recycling scrap metal into "syngas" for clean energy
Massachusetts' Ze-gen takes scrap metal and construction debris and heats up the concoction to form synthesis gas. The "syngas" can then be used in place of ...
smartbrief.comLabels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 05:05

Govt Reissues Scrap Metal Collector's Licence
The government has decided to reissue the scrap metal collector's licence on Aug 12 after a two-year freeze, ...
bernama.com.my Labels: scrap metal
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 05:02

Thursday, 28 August 2008
Gold rises as oil climbs, copper up as dollar eases
Nickel increased to $20550 versus $20300, while tin reversed an earlier gain and was last quoted at $20450/20475 from $20700. reuters.
dailytimes.com.pkLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 18:18

UK Stocks Rise, Led by Commodities Producers; Shell Advances
Kazakhmys Plc, Kazakhstan's largest copper producer, gained 2.1 percent to 1339 pence as base metals including copper, lead and nickel advanced. ...
bloomberg.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 18:16

Nickel plant cleared by province
According to the environmental impact statement, the operation will produce at least 50000 tonnes of nickel every year, along with 3270 tonnes of copper and ...
thewesternstar.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 18:14

Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Metal thieves tapping beer kegs now
With the price of metal skyrocketing, thieves are getting more and more creative in their search for scrap metal....
khou.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 18:29

UMCIL Recycles Scrap Iron and Steel
It is due to produce around 200000 t/yr of integrated iron and steel. The new plant’s team is currently working on obtaining enough scrap from Lusaka to ...
africaintelligence.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 18:27

ISRI, ASC Battle Over Financing Issues
On the issue of rising prices for steel scrap, we also point out that the price of finished steel produced by the US steel industry has increased at a rate ...
recyclingtoday.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 18:25

Nucor to start production at Arizona mill
Nucor acquired the idled mill from North Star Steel in 2003 for about $35 million. It took a $13 million charge for idling the mill's melt shop, where scrap ...
money.cnn.comLabels: scrap - steel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 18:23

Copper, Nickel Decline on Higher Stockpiles; Lead Erases Gain
Copper and nickel fell in London as increases in stockpiles stoked speculation that supplies are adequate to meet demand....
bloomberg.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:35

Duluth Metals plans new processing project
Duluth Metals Ltd., one of four Canadian companies exploring copper and nickel deposits in Minnesota, is planning a $916 million project that would make it ...
startribune.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:34

HudBay Announces NI 43-101 Mineral Resource Estimate for Lalor
... base metals mining company with assets in North and Central America and a focus on the discovery and production of nickel, zinc and copper metal....
foxbusiness.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:33

Vale Inco nickel-processing plant gets green light from NL gov't
The mining giant wants to dump more than 400000 tonnes of tailings annually - including nickel, copper and cobalt - in nearby Sandy Pond in eastern ...
canadianpress.google.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:32

African Eagle excited over results from Dutwa mine in Tanzania
African Eagle Resources has reported what it called received exciting early Nickel assay results from drilling at its Dutwa gold and base metals project in ...
smallcapnews.co.ukLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:31

Strongbow Expands Nickel Mineralization at Koona and South Ring
Current exploration of the Nickel King project is part of Strongbow's ongoing evaluation of the nickel-copper-PGE potential of the Snowbird Tectonic Zone ...
marketwire.comLabels: copper - nickel
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posted by Southern Cross Metal Recyclers @ 15:29

Nettel Holdings Reports Progress on Tougi Scrap Metal Operation
Tougi Metals, a fully owned division of Nettel Holdings, Inc., in the past month alone, was able to open 5 additional metal scrap yards in Puerto Rico, ...
marketwatch.comLabels: scrap metal