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Vale will offer $1.1bn for refined Cu producer Paranapanema

30 Jul 2010 15:24

Vale will launch a $1.13 billion public offer to acquire up to 100% of Paranapanema, Brazil’s largest producer of refined copper and the country’s sole producer of London Metal Exchange-certified copper cathode, it said on Thursday

Cu eases in LME officials on end of month profit-taking

30 Jul 2010 13:22

Copper prices fell in the official session on the London Metal Exchange on Friday as a bout of profit-taking knocked the red metal from the three-month highs reached on Thursday

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Profit-taking leads Cu lower in LME pre-market Comex copper volumes rise 83% in 2010 Shanghai copper stocks fall to 6-month low

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Rio Tinto’s battle with Ivanhoe Mines over the coveted Oyu Tolgoi copper project in Mongolia is just one of the issues ceo Tom Albanese has had to deal with since he took the job

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Base Metals
***MEIR ON METALS: Metals hold on despite soft US GDP number 30/07/10 16:39
Collahuasi’s copper mineral resources increased by 40% 30/07/10 15:44
***HOTLINE: Elman feels great, changes board with flourish 30/07/10 11:33
LME ASIAN WRAP: Copper retreats from 3-month high 30/07/10 05:03
Taiyuan Steel agrees 85,000 tpy ferro-nickel jv in Burma 30/07/10 04:49
PanAust secures $102m loan for Phu Kam copper-gold mine 30/07/10 04:05
(AMM) Warehouses rein in aluminum incentives 29/07/10 23:48
(AMM) Sherritt 'comfortable' with Ambatovy schedule 29/07/10 23:06

Minor Metals
Cobalt price spread narrows slightly 30/07/10 15:45
China looks at new anti-smuggling measures for indium 30/07/10 15:14
***MB NON-FERROUS PRICE CHANGES 30/07/10 14:35
Antimony prices in China slip for the first time in four weeks 30/07/10 07:37
(AMM) Molycorp shares fall in NYSE debut 29/07/10 23:06
Doe Run Perú set to close after failing to restart La Oroya 29/07/10 15:39
LME resolves third-party Select price feed problems 29/07/10 15:00
Qinghai Salt Lake starts construction of 100,000 tpy Mg facility 29/07/10 07:28

Ores & Alloys
(AMM) Southern Copper unveils $3.8B expansion plans (UPDATE) 29/07/10 23:06
(AMM) Inmet deal hinges on Panama action 29/07/10 22:15
(AMM) ATI installing furnace to meet improving titanium demand 29/07/10 21:02
(AMM) Carpenter Technology swings to $5.9M profit in fiscal 4th qtr. 29/07/10 17:25
(AMM) Weber eyeing bigger share of titanium forgings market 29/07/10 17:25
Emerging economies drive improved Eramet results 29/07/10 12:41
Norilsk seeks approval to publish voting ballots 29/07/10 11:15

Precious Metals
Kazakhmys on target to produce 300,000t in 2010, even as H1 output dips 29/07/10 09:47
Doe Run Perú asks for more time to restart La Oroya 28/07/10 11:22
Zijin Mining ordered to curtail gold production 28/07/10 07:54
(AMM) Metals underperform commodity index 27/07/10 15:52
LME aims for Nov 8 gold-clearing launch 27/07/10 13:46
Doe Run Perú misses La Oroya restart document deadline 26/07/10 11:03
MMG eyes 59,000T copper boost at Golden Grove 26/07/10 03:11
(AMM) New CFTC data to buoy confidence 22/07/10 21:50

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