January 2012

Buddhist Monk’s Prophecy on the Year of the Dragon

by Stuart Burns on January 31, 2012

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In the largest metals market in the world, a new year has dawned and many are asking what it holds for consumption and prices. The year of the water dragon is auspicious for a number of reasons. As the only mythical beast among the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, it is supposed to bring [...]

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Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions and Western Oil Sanctions – A Train Crash in Slow Motion

by Stuart Burns on January 31, 2012

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There has been a lot in the press recently about the West applying sanctions on Iran’s oil exports, in an attempt to persuade that country to halt its atomic bomb-making activities. No one believes Iran’s assertions that its uranium enrichment program is purely for commercial power generation purposes, and yet opinions are divided on how [...]

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Hindustan Copper to Develop Underground Copper Mine

by Lisa Reisman on January 31, 2012

Style:    Category: Macroeconomics, Non-ferrous Metals, Supply & Demand

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TC Malhotra contributes to MetalMiner from New Delhi. In an attempt to reduce India’s dependence on imported copper concentrate, Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) got the government’s nod to develop a 5 million metric ton per year underground copper mine at Malanjkhand Copper Project in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. According to a report [...]

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Toyota Latest Manufacturer to Identify Rare Earth Metal Product Substitutes

by Lisa Reisman on January 30, 2012

Style:    Category: Green, Minor Metals, Product Developments

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Every six months or so, I am reminded of this phrase which I love, “nothing kills high prices like high prices.” And so it goes that engineers and sourcing organizations everywhere begin to contemplate and, in some cases, develop alternative materials. We have seen examples of this in stainless steels, whereby many organizations made the [...]

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Reports from Davos: Do We Take the Word of Soros or Roubini?

by Stuart Burns on January 30, 2012

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Continued from Part One. Most economists and commentators surrounding the proceedings at Davos have been focused more on the risks of Greece or Portugal’s potential exit from the euro, or worse — a complete breakup of the peripheral states, leaving just a core of northern economies with Germany at the center. Lloyds Bank in the [...]

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Reports from Davos: How the US Fed Stole the Show

by Stuart Burns on January 30, 2012

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The skiing may be great, but the surroundings seem largely lost on attendees at Davos in Switzerland, known to the frivolous of us as more of a top-class ski resort than a once-a-year talking shop for politicians, economists and owners of the largest hedge funds. The Federal Reserve rather stole the show this year when [...]

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Short Doc Gives “Scrappy Detroit” a New Meaning

by Taras Berezowsky on January 27, 2012

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Source: Op-Docs series in the New York Times. Click on the image above to watch the film. MetalMiner is no stranger to covering scrap metal theft, so it’s fitting that we give at least a few virtual inches to perhaps the largest urban scrapyard in the nation — Detroit — where stealing scrap is not [...]

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Fabrics Weaver Anni Albers Also Designed and Made Metal Jewelry

by Nate Burgos on January 27, 2012

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Anni Albers was a student at the The Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany. In 1933 she taught, by invitation, at Black Mountain College in North Carolina until 1949. Albers focused on weaving design and production in the 1950s, and became known for her textile patterns, which she transformed into colorful tapestries. Anni Albers’ “Intersecting”, 1962, cotton [...]

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