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Oct. 13, 2010 - China is the biggest consumer of metals in the world and it is a major producer of most of the metals still China's imports are very high due to its appetite for the metals. China's construction boom and fast growth have forced the country to import almost all ...
Oct. 15, 2010 - The Mauritanian government has granted a mining licence to Mauritanian Mineral Company (MMC) to mine quartz in the region of Nouadhibou in north-west Mauritania. A statement issued on Thursday after the government's weekly cabinet meeting said the mining company ...
Oct. 14, 2010 - the European Union opened an antidumping investigation into magnesia carbon bricks from China, following a notice of impending expiry of the relevant AD measures in force imposed in 2005. The request to open the probe was lodged on July 9th 2010 by the Magnesia ...
Oct. 15, 2010 - Yemen Geological Survey and Mineral Resources Board (YGSMRB) has prepared 11 investment opportunities in the exploitation of minerals and industrial rocks to promote them at the 3rd Conference for Oil, Gas, and Minerals to be held in Sana'a during October 18-19. ...
Oct. 19, 2010 - India Union minister of environment and forest Jairam Ramesh has asked Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan to review the 49 mining leases given for excavation of iron ore and bauxite in Sindhudurg region. The move follows a TOI expose on the state government's ...
Oct. 20, 2010 - A second month of decline in alumina exports from Jamalco-the larger of the two operational refineries in Jamaica-and lower-than-capacity sales by Windalco has positioned the country to repeat last year's lacklustre performance in export of the commodity. Recent ...
Oct. 19, 2010 - Qamdo area in eastern Tibet Autonom ous Region will push for the construction of a national industrial bas e for nonferrous metals within the next 5 to 10 years, said the local bureau of land resources. Qamdo Prefecture is renowned for its abundant mineral ...
Oct. 22, 2010 - It is reported that the market tendency by item on imports of ferroalloys into Japan at October 15th 2010 is as follows: In the course of a political tension between Japan and China as continued, the long holidays in China were over. After the holidays had passed, ...
Oct. 24, 2010 - The government will continue to gather opinions before deciding whether to halt bauxite exploration projects in the Central Highlands, a senior government official said Saturday. "It's necessary to listen to concerns of the pu... The full article is available only ...
Oct. 21, 2010 - World crude steel production for the 66 countries was 112 million metric tons (mmt) in September. This is 0.9% higher than September 2009. China's crude steel production for September 2010 was 47.9 mmt, a decrease of -5.9% compared to September 2009. Elsewhere in ...
Oct. 22, 2010 - The World Trade Organization will not publish a ruling in a dispute brought against China over exports of raw materials until next April instead of this year, a WTO document showed on Friday. A statement by the chairman of the panel examining the case, published ...
Oct. 25, 2010 - According to a survey by Japan Ferrous Raw Materials Association, Japan's steel industry set the blending ratio of ferrous scrap to pig iron at 14.5% for LD converter feed in August 2010, up from 14.3% in the month before, indicating an increase for the first time ...
ct. 25, 2010 - After stalling the expansion plan of the alumina refinery and captive power plant of Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has now trained its guns on 14 mines... The full article is available only to our Subscribers. ...
Oct. 26, 2010 - It is reported that global market for Talc and Pyrophyllite is forecast to reach 5.7 million tons by the year 2015. Recovery in world economy and increased use of talc and pyrophyllite across various end-use sectors are likely to fuel the expansion of the market. ...
Oct. 27, 2010 - World economic slowdown has pushed the steel industry into recession. This is primarily because steel represents a strategic component in every country's economic development, as it is a critical necessity for infrastructural growth and is a vital component in the ...
Oct. 27, 2010 - Hubei also has the advantage of metal minerals. There are types of metals minerals which ten reserves come to the second place in China; rutile reserves come to the first place with above 5.58 million tons, taking up 75 percent of the total reserves. Other ten ...
Oct. 27, 2010 - According to Statistics, China domestic exports of silicon metal in September were 54,729 mt, and 443,822 mt of the first nine months of 2010, vs. 58,199 mt of August and 266,751mt of the same period a year earlier. The monthly export price of silicon metal was ...
Oct. 8, 2010 - It's time again to celebrate an annual tradition in one Central Georgia city, Sandersville's Kaolin Festival. The chalky mineral kaolin can be found in plastics, paint, and Friday, a decorative fixture atop Thiele Company's festival float. Daryl Hu... The full ...
Tokyo, Dec. 6, 2010 - Researchers at Akita University have succeeded in developing a method to produce high-purity silicon by combining rice husks and used diatomite, the university has announced. High-purity silicon, also known as "silicon metal", is mainly used for making ...
Dec. 8, 2010 - TEX reported that the market tendency by item on imports of ferroalloys into Japan at November 30th 2010 is as follows: General view The risen prices of commodities will turn to fall in all cases. The market situation has included an autonomous action to fall and ...
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