August 2011

Best Of MetalMiner: Ride the Ferrous Wheel

by Taras Berezowsky on August 31, 2011

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Source: rustwire.com Continuing with our MetalMiner Best Of Summer Series, here are a few gems from the past few months — selected either for their broad readership, controversial nature or use of the word “dodgy” in the headline — related to the steel, stainless and scrap markets. Enjoy! 1. Why Did Platts Acquire Steel Business [...]

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Russia Returns to the Aerospace Market as a Serious Contender

by Stuart Burns on August 31, 2011

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Hot on the heels of our articles (here and here) a couple of weeks ago about China’s C919 sub-200-seat, single-aisle contender with Airbus’ A320 and Boeing 737, comes Russian Sukhoi’s single-aisle 100-seat SuperJet in competition with Bombardier of Canada and Embraer of Brazil. Source: blog.flightstory.net Not that serious aviation experts are really ranking the SuperJet [...]

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India’s NALCO to Expand Refinery Capacity

by Lisa Reisman on August 31, 2011

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Guest commentator TC Malhotra contributes from New Delhi. Indian government-owned National Aluminum Company Limited (NALCO) has finally decided to commission its expanded refinery capacity this month, according to a Hindu Business Line article. The company is enhancing production capacity at the refinery in Damanjodi, nearly 400 kilometers from state capital Bhubaneswar, from 1.58 million metric [...]

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What the Texas Manufacturing Survey Tells Us About Commodities

by Taras Berezowsky on August 30, 2011

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The Texas Manufacturing Survey saw a drop in the overall index from 10.8 to 1.1 in August. Much like the ISM’s Manufacturing Index, a reading above zero indicates positive growth/increase, while below zero readings indicate contraction/decrease. Source: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Some interesting manufacturing trends are apparent in the latest Texas manufacturing survey released [...]

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Hurricane Irene Sharpens Focus on EPA’s Coal-Fired Power Regulation Part Two

by Taras Berezowsky on August 30, 2011

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Continued from Part One. Manufacturers have been saying for months that compliance-based mandates from the EPA will hamper economic growth efforts. According to the WSJ piece, EPA rules to be released later this year will mandate mercury-and-other-pollutant-reducing systems to be in place by 2015 (three years after the ruling), which some energy companies say is [...]

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Hurricane Irene Sharpens Focus on EPA’s Coal-Fired Power Regulation Part One

by Taras Berezowsky on August 30, 2011

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Source: International Business Times With Hurricane Irene wreaking havoc up and down the East Coast the past few days, the importance of electricity and power generation has come into full view superficially for those not in Irene’s crosshairs, but very painfully for millions of others. Overall, some 6 million US homes lost power in the [...]

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Beijing Rethinking Electric Car Policy

by Stuart Burns on August 29, 2011

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A debate raging largely behind closed doors among members of China’s ruling élite mirrors a wider debate that has been gathering steam this year: the viability of electric vehicles, at least over the next few years. An FT article says that Beijing is rethinking its focus on electric cars as a means of reducing fuel [...]

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Metal Price Data: Use Cases and Sourcing Strategies – Part Four

by Lisa Reisman on August 29, 2011

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Over the past two weeks we have written about diverse uses for daily global metal price data. At times, the uses appear obvious, as in the first and second posts, and some slightly less so (although not for savvy industrial metal buying organizations.) However in this, our final installment of this series on uses of [...]

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