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		<title>How to Ensure the Most Effective Strategic Sourcing Process</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/05/08/how-to-ensure-the-most-effective-strategic-sourcing-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 16:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taras Berezowsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When a company has multiple plant locations with different systems or has merged with other organizations, how to undertake the most effective &#8212; along with the most efficient &#8212; sourcing process, particularly around the notion of spend analysis or spend classification? MetalMiner finds out from Olivier Maurandy, VP Business Development for Fullstep, who fills us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rusal Loses Chairman in Surprise Resignation &#8211; Deripaska to Blame?</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/03/14/rusal-loses-chairman-in-surprise-resignation-deripaska-to-blame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The resignation of billionaire Rusal chairman Viktor Vekselberg this week underlines the fragility of Russian corporations often run by individuals with egos to match their bank balances. It is not inconceivable that similar circumstances could not arise in the US, but it is a lot less likely where CEOs and major shareholders are constrained by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s Vedanta Simplifying Share Structure as Platform for Growth</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/02/28/indias-vedanta-simplifying-share-structure-as-platform-for-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This commentary follows on the heels of yesterday&#8217;s post on the Sesa Goa-Sterlite merger.  Few believe that Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal’s planned merger of his sprawling empire of oil, gas, metals and iron ore mining firms into one coherent whole is solely about debt consolidation, simplification of shareholdings and some $200 million in cost savings. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>India&#8217;s Sesa Goa May Merge With Sterlite Industries</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/02/27/indias-sesa-goa-may-merge-with-sterlite-industries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TC Malhotra</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[London-listed Vedanta Resources is planning to merge two of its units in India, Sesa Goa and Sterlite Industries, reports Business Standard. Sesa Goa is a leading producer and exporter of iron ore with a current market capitalization of around Rs 214.41 billion ($4.2 billion), while Sterlite Industries is involved in copper and aluminum production with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With Glencore&#8217;s Backup, Will Xstrata Muscle In On the Iron Ore Game?</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/02/07/with-glencores-backup-will-xstrata-muscle-the-iron-ore-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Taras Berezowsky</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you think “Clash of the Titans,” Xstrata, Vale, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton don’t really come to mind. Perhaps you call up the classic Greek myth of Perseus, or the 1981 film &#8212; or, worst of all, the 2010 remake of the 1981 film, in which Liam Neeson yells “Release the Kraken!” with rather [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Outokumpo and ThyssenKrupp-Inoxum&#8217;s Merger Means For Us</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/02/06/what-outokumpo-and-thyssenkrupp-inoxums-merger-means-for-us/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[However much Outokumpo talks about the desirability of merging the complimentary products ranges of their company with Inoxum, the recently spun-off stainless division of ThyssenKrupp, the fact is: this merger is all about rationalization. The European &#8212; if not the global &#8212; stainless market is characterized by too much (and too high-cost) production capacity. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Major Market Players Will Likely Kill LME Sale</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/01/09/major-market-players-will-likely-kill-lme-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://agmetalminer.com/2012/01/09/major-market-players-will-likely-kill-lme-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Reuters article reinforces the popular image of the London Metal Exchange (LME) as an old boys club. In spite of the LME&#8217;s pivotal role in setting metal prices around the world, the 130-year-old exchange is still privately owned, mostly by the large banks and brokerage houses that use it. At first blush, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>China&#8217;s 12th Five-Year Plan and What It Means for the Steel Industry &#8211; Part Two</title>
		<link>http://agmetalminer.com/2011/11/22/chinas-12th-five-year-plan-and-what-it-means-for-the-steel-industry-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stuart Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continued from Part One. So how does Beijing expect to achieve this consolidation, on which so much of the wider strategy depends? One tactic is apparently to guide provinces to close the following: blast furnaces of less than 400 cubic meters, converters and electric arc furnaces of less than 30 tons, HR strip mills of [...]]]></description>
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