Top Stories

• Cu fails to hold on to earlier gains in LME officials
• Steelmakers will oppose calls for 30-cent rise in charge chrome price

Non - Ferrous Headlines

• (AMM) Copper edging higher after downslide
• (AMM) Exide net slips, addresses Wal-Mart rebuff
• (AMM) CAW seeks probe of Xstrata plan to shut its Kidd facility
• (AMM) Grupo Mexico swings to profit in 4th qtr. (UPDATE)

Iron & Steel Headlines

• (AMM) Rep. Murtha, Steel Caucus member, dies at 77
• (AMM) 'Buy American' trade deal gets lukewarm reception in Canada
• (AMM) Inclusion of Canada in 'Buy American' draws cheers, jeers
• (AMM) Metals players brush off snow impact, but distribution takes hit

Scrap & Secondary Headlines

• (AMM) ISA sees full-year earnings per share tripling vs. 2008
• (AMM) Auto dismantlers press EPA to carefully study refrigerant
• (AMM) Auto scrap buyer TXCAT seeking $500,000 in lawsuit vs. Robie, firms
• (AMM) Aleris eyes growth, expects Chapter 11 exit by midyear (UPDATE)