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Base Metals ►  Copper, Aluminium, Zinc, Lead, Tin, Nickel
3 Dec 2008 Aluminium  ►  LME metals hit multi-year lows on poor demand prospects
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  India's NALCO to float alumina sale tender in Dec
Indian state-run National Aluminium Co Ltd (NALCO) will float a tender for the sale of 30,000 tonnes of alumina in the third week of December, the company's chairman said on Wednesday... more 
  Japan Q1 2009 aluminium talks focus on volume, not premiums
Negotiations on premiums for aluminium cargoes imported into Japan in the first quarter of 2009 were making slow progress, as the focus was more on... more 
  China may cut export tax on lead, aluminum; analysts divided
China may eliminate export taxes on refined lead and reduce them on primary aluminium and aluminium alloy, analysts said Friday... more 
  Aluminium at 4-yr low as stocks rise, demand sags
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  Alcoa may deepen ties with Chinalco
ALCOA., which had been counting on obtaining some discarded aluminium assets from a merged BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, has fewer strong options to improve its prospects amid one of the worst... more 
  Shanghai aluminium hits 15-yr low on demand outlook
Shanghai aluminium fell more than 2 percent to a 15-year low on Wednesday, extending the previous session's limit fall, after a Chinese consultancy said domestic demand growth for the metal would... more 
  Hydro unveils new recycled aluminium furnace in Germany
Hydro has inaugurated a new recycling furnace at its aluminium rolled products plant in Hamburg, Germany. The 12 million euro investment will be able to process 50,000 metric tons of scrap aluminium... more 
2 Dec 2008   LME metals down, aluminum lowest since July 2005
Base metals on the London Metal Exchange continued to fall Tuesday as the bleak macro-economic outlook weighed on prices... more 
  Japan primary Al ingot price to drop by 100 yen/t in January-March
Japanese primary aluminium ingot price decreased by 100 yen per kilogram for January-March, which is the first drop in 3 quarters... more 
  China's Guangxi mulls metal purchase plan
China's minerals-rich border region of Guangxi will consider purchasing metals to help support prices, but has not yet decided, its party secretary Guo Shengkun said on Tuesday... more 
  India's October aluminium, copper, zinc output up on year
India's October aluminium output totaled 108,056 mt, compared with 105,495 mt in September and 105,006 mt a year earlier, latest production data from the mines ministry showed... more 
  Shanghai copper falls, aluminium limit down, LME slips
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1 Dec 2008   Yunnan Government plans stockpile to support smelters
News agencies reported today that the government of Yunnan province is to buy up to one million tones of metals, based on reports posted on its website and that of China’s Ministry of Land and... more 
  Tin eases on confusion over China stockpile plan
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  Tin leaps 10 pct, Shanghai copper up on stockpile plan
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28 Nov 2008   Copper slides, Japan data highlights bleak outlook
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  Japan may cut Q1 aluminium premiums by nearly 20 pct
Japanese buyers will press for a cut of close to 20 percent in the premium for January-March 2009 primary aluminium supplies, citing the severe economic downturn that has cut demand for the metal... more 
  Shanghai aluminium down by limit, copper slides
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27 Nov 2008   Copper falls on weak demand, lead down on tax worry
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