Sherritt International Corp. expects a volatile nickel market this year and next as the global demand picture for the commodity remains unclear, according to its top executive.
Capstone Mining Corp. is forecasting a slight pickup in production volumes in 2012, when it expects to produce about 80 million pounds of copper in concentrates at its Cozamin and Minto mines in Mexico and Canada, respectively, as well as about 20 million pounds of zinc contained in concentrate at Cozamin.
Pittsburgh-based zinc producer Horsehead Corp has filed a claim against Nyrstar Clarksville Inc and Darin Cooper, a former project manager who joined Nyrstar earlier this month.
Zimbabwean platinum producer Zimplats has been accused of underpaying royalties by the Zimbabwe revenue authority and is now locked in a legal battle to fend off a $28 million claim for outstanding payments.
Brazil’s Vetorial Participações will keep its merchant pig iron business despite moving into a 7.6 billion Reais ($4 billion), 20 million-tpy iron ore joint venture called Vetria Mineração.
The government-owned Steel Authority of India (SAIL) has commissioned Japan’s Kobe Steel to upgrade its manufacturing facilities and set up a new $400 million iron ore nuggets plant in Durgapur, West Bengal.
David V. Pathe will take over as Sherritt International Corp.’s chief executive officer from the retiring Ian W. Delaney effective Jan. 1, the company said in a statement.
A container with 20 tonnes of cobalt was stolen from the MSC shipping company site in the Antwerp harbour, Scheldelaan, quay 730 on November 14 said the Belgian police.
KEYWORDS: Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold , Grasberg , copper , gold Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold has lost 55,000 tpd of mill throughput in the quarter to date at Freeport Indonesia due to the temporary suspension of the milling operations follo...
- 13:11 GMT Location: London KEYWORDS: Erdemir , Turkey , steel Turkey’s biggest steel producer, Erdemir, has posted a 49% surge in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda) year-on-year for the first nine months of 201...
An administrative review of an anti-dumping duty order on hot-rolled carbon steel flat products from China has been rescinded by the Commerce Department’s International Trade Administration (ITA) because there was no information on record of which companies made sales, shipments or entries of the product to the United States during the period of review.
