Archive for the ‘Nickel’ Category
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
Nickel oxide has a range of applications such as:
· For making electrical ceramics such as thermistors and varistors e.g. ferrites (nickel zinc ferrite)
· Pigments for ceramic, glasses and glazes
· Nickel oxide can be reacted with acids to form salts and other compounds e.g. nickel sulfamate for electroplating and nickel molybdate ...
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Friday, March 23rd, 2007
New materials that can be tailored for individual applications are in constant demand. As the range of uses for powder metallurgy, hard metals and electronic materials expands, customer requirements are causing materials companies to come up with new products that have the necessary properties. Nickel can bring a number of ...
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Monday, January 8th, 2007
The tumbling price of copper, which hit a new low on Friday, is causing concern that the price of other base metals is about to plummet.
The price of copper has fallen 36 per cent since its peak last May of $8,800 per tonne. On Friday, it closed at $5,611, exposing ...
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Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
LionOre Mining International Ltd. (TSX:LIM) (ASX:LIM) (LSE:LOR) (BSE:LIONORE) Monday announced that it has selected Rand Merchant Bank ("RMB") as the sole underwriter for a non-recourse nine and a half year $250 million project funding package at a weighted average interest rate of LIBOR plus 1% for the Tati Nickel Activox(R) ...
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Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
London Metal Exchange zinc, nickel and lead fell sharply Monday driven by follow-through fund selling and activity ahead of the rebalancing of a major index, with traders expecting price volatility to remain a key feature this week.
"We saw a continuation from last week's sell-off" in Monday's drop, said a LME ...
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Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007
London Metal Exchange nickel took the spotlight ahead of the long weekend to jump nearly 4% driven by bargain-hunting and year-end positioning Friday, with analysts expecting "holiday-thin" trading next week.
Three-month nickel held onto morning gains to rise nearly 4% on the previous PM kerb to a Friday PM kerb of ...
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Friday, December 15th, 2006
The global nickel market recorded a deficit of 95,000 metric tons during the first ten months of 2006, with reported stocks some 32,000 tons lower, the World Bureau of Metal Statistics said Wednesday.
Mine production was at 1.146 million tons, up 4.5% on the same period last year, the WBMS said. ...
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Wednesday, December 13th, 2006
LionOre Mining International President and CEO, Colin Steynof, said Thursday: "LionOre enters 2007 with solid production building blocks established during 2006. All our brownfield expansion projects have now been completed & commissioned and we will see the production benefits in 2007, with an estimated 30% increase in the group's production ...
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Saturday, December 9th, 2006
Current record highs in nickel prices bode well for the National Government to conclude soonest an agreement with Jinchuan International Group for the rehabilitation and redevelopment of the Nonoc nickel mine and refinery.
Restarting operations at the Nonoc mine and refinery will allow the Philippines to take advantage of record high ...
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
Base metals on the London Metals Exchange fell Friday, with copper leading the way with a drop of about 5%, due to general profit-taking and speculative selling, traders and analysts said.
Copper broke out to the downside from its recent trading range between $7,000 and $8,200 a metric ton, hitting a ...
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