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		<title>Automotive MMI®: US Palladium Price Falls For Third Straight Week</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/05/11/automotive-mmi-palladium-bars-falls-for-third-straight-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MetalMiner IndX Reports</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The week&#8217;s biggest mover on the Automotive MMI® was the price of US palladium bar, which saw a 5.8 percent decline to $612.00 per ounce. This week marked the third in a row of declining prices for the platinum group metal (PGM). Closing out the third week of declining prices, the price of US platinum [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AMM Conference Addresses Light-Weighting Threat to Steel Industry</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/05/07/amm-conference-addresses-light-weighting-threat-steel-industry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 16:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Reisman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hot dipped galvanized steel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I had the pleasure of speaking at the American Metal Market Galvanized and Coated Steel conference held in Detroit. The conference logically examined some of the underlying market dynamics of materials used in automotive production – hot dipped galvanized steel and aluminum. And clearly the regulatory environment stemming from both new CAFE standards as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Automotive MMI®: LME Copper Ends Week Up 2.1%, US HDG Falls</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/05/04/automotive-mmi-lme-copper-ends-week-hdg-falls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 19:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MetalMiner IndX Reports</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rising 2.1 percent on the LME to $8,528 per metric ton made the cash price of copper this week&#8217;s biggest mover on the Automotive MMI®. Also on the LME, the 3-month price of primary copper ticked up 1.6 percent over the past week to $8,390 per metric ton. The price of Chinese primary lead shifted 0.3 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaiian Trio: Weather, Roads and Vintage Cars</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/05/04/hawaiian-trio-weather-roads-and-vintage-cars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 13:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nate Burgos</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good weather and vintage cars make a natural pair. During time recently spent in Hawaii, I spotted these automotive beauties: All photos by the author. Though it can be easily taken for granted, one of Hawaii&#8217;s appealing traits is the state of its roads. While this might sound odd, never underestimate the importance of high-quality [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Automotive MMI®: LME Copper Cash Price Rises 2.5% for the Week</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/04/27/automotive-mmi-lme-copper-cash-price-rises-for-the-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MetalMiner IndX Reports</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The week&#8217;s biggest mover on the Automotive MMI® was primary copper cash prices, which saw a 2.5 percent increase on the LME to $8,285 per metric ton. This comes on the heels of a 1.2 percent decline the week prior. The LME primary copper 3-month price rose 2.1 percent to $8,200 per metric ton after falling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steel Duty Hike May Force Auto Industry Price Increases in India</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/03/29/steel-duty-hike-may-force-auto-industry-price-increases-in-india/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/03/29/steel-duty-hike-may-force-auto-industry-price-increases-in-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TC Malhotra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://agmetalminer.com/?p=22685</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Indian auto industry is under pressure with the announcements made recently in the country’s annual budget, reports Business Line. India’s government budget spared diesel vehicles from additional tax, but according to the report, it proposed a customs duty increase on non-alloy, flat-rolled steel from 5 percent to 7.5 percent. The increase was widely expected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GM Looking for Diesel Growth</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/03/21/looking-for-diesel-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is logical, I suppose, that GM should invest its R&#38;D dollars in India when developing a range of small, more efficient diesel engines. (Diesels have never caught on in the US in the same way they have in much of the rest of the world.) A Business Standard article quotes P. Balendran, GM’s VP [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Natural Gas Looks to Break Through and Replace Gasoline &#8211; Part Two</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/03/12/natural-gas-looks-to-break-through-and-replace-gasoline-part-two/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/03/12/natural-gas-looks-to-break-through-and-replace-gasoline-part-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Burns</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Automotive]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Product Developments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continued from Part One.  It is no surprise to hear that a government keen on subsidies is talking about extending the electric vehicle (EV) tax credit, currently worth $7,500 to $10,000, and including cars that are designed to run on natural gas, such as Honda’s CNG. Honda and Ford &#8212; who produce a natural gas [...]]]></description>
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