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| 15 Aug 2008 | Aluminium | ► | Magnesium use will increase in auto industry Because magnesium is one-third lighter than aluminium, it is very appealing to automotive engineers. Manufacturers of laptop computers, cell phones, power tools, and lawn and garden equipment are... more ► |
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| Copper | ► | Moly Mines undertakes $150m interim financing for Spinifex Ridge Moly Mines Limited announces that it is undertaking a US$150m interim financing for its planned 20m tpa Spinifex Ridge molybdenum-copper project in the Pilbara district of Western Australia... more ► |
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| Roseby Seep JV: high grade sulphide hits Blackard copper deposit Wide zones of high grade copper sulphide mineralization have been discovered at depth below the Blackard native copper resource at Roseby during recent drilling by Xstrata Copper, as part of the... more ► |
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| Nickel | ► | Russia's Norilsk Nickel now stretches from Arctic to South Africa, US to Australia In July 2007, a Canada-domiciled mining company was acquired by a Russian group for $5,2-billion. That company was LionOre, and it had assets in Southern Africa – an 85% share in Tati Nickel, in... more ► |
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| Aluminium | ► | Rusal calls for Norilsk Nickel board re-election The world's largest aluminium producer, Rusal, called on Thursday for an extraordinary shareholders' meeting of mining company Norilsk Nickel in September to elect a new board of directors... more ► |
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| Norsk Hydro names Aasheim aluminium metal chief Norwegian aluminium group Norsk Hydro has appointed Hilde Aasheim to head its Aluminium Metal division, Hydro said on Thursday... more ► |
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| Zinc | ► | Terramin says zinc price set to recover Zinc miner Terramin Australia Ltd says it is not operating at a loss unlike some of its peers and that the metal's price will recover from its low levels in coming months... more ► |
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| Copper | ► | US copper closes down hit by oil drop, dollar rise U.S. copper futures gains gave way to profit taking and a lower close on Thursday, when a slide in crude oil prices and a rallying dollar undermined early consumer and short-cover buying, traders... more ► |
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| Get a Deep Insight into the Aluminium extrusion industry in China Dundee Corp., a Toronto-based merchant banker and investment company, says it has acquired majority control of Odyssey Resources Ltd., a Toronto junior developing projects in Morroco and Turkey... more ► |
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| Nickel | ► | Norilsk Nickel Elects Strzhalkovsky as CEO Norilsk Nickel's board of directors elected Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, a former KGB officer and longtime friend of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's, as chief executive on Friday... more ► |
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| Copper | ► | Vale's $5.5 billion record profit stuns analysts Vale, the world's biggest iron ore producer, is likely to rise in trading today after announcing a record second-quarter profit, up 22 per cent, beating analysts' forecasts... more ► |
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| 6 Aug 2008 | China smelters fail in tax-free copper exports bid Chinese copper smelters have failed in their bid to re-instate a tax break on concentrate imported for refining and re-export, smelter officials said on Tuesday, suggesting modest exports are... more ► |
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| Zambezi Resources confirms major new copper mineralisation at Kangaluwi project UK smallcap Zambezi Resources Ltd. said recent drilling at its 100-percent owned Kangaluwi copper project confirm excellent continuity of mineralisation both down dip and along strike... more ► |
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| Rio Tinto invests $341m in Arizona copper studies Shares of Rio Tinto PLC slid Monday after the British mining company said it would invest $341 million to support ongoing pre-feasibility studies on a major copper deposit in Superior, Arizona... more ► |
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| Zinc | ► | Gamsu Baohui commissions new zinc smelter in Ganshu Province It is reported that on Gamsu Baohui Group's 160,000 tonnes zinc smelting project formally started working with total investment of CNY 600 million. After the completion of the project, Baohui Group... more ► |
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| Tin | ► | Bangka Belitung's tin exports jump 95 pct Bangka Belitung Province's tin exports in April 2008 jumped 95.3 percent to US$167.1 million from the same period last year... more ► |
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| Aluminium | ► | Kaiser Aluminum lists energy surcharge Aluminium products maker Kaiser Aluminum Corp. announced its surcharges Thursday on shipments to help cover higher energy costs... more ► |
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| Copper | ► | Xstrata Copper announces c$121 million investment to extend Kidd Mine Xstrata Copper announces investment of C$121 million to deepen and extend the life of the underground Kidd Mine located in the Timmins area of Northern Ontario, Canada... more ► |
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| Aluminium | ► | China's aluminum smelters cut output, exceed target China's aluminum smelters, the largest in the world, cut production by more than 10 percent and will limit output until the end of the year because of power shortages and weak export demand, an... more ► |
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| Base Metals | ► | Copper hits 6 month low on rising stocks, commodity sell-off Copper plummeted to a six month low on rising stocks, a soft technical picture and as several commodities across the board fell, which dampened sentiment... more ► |
