查看更多>>摘要：Chile's copper production totaled 359,832 metric tons in April, down 5.2 percent from the same month a year ago, the National Institute of Statistics, or INE, said. Production decreased in April because some of the country's copper miners, particularly Codelco, Escondida, Los Pelambres, Disputada de las Condes, ElAbra, Candelaria, and Cerro Colorado saw production fall during the month, INE aid. Also, the El Indio mine closed, INE said. Together, these operations account for 73 percent of national copper output.
查看更多>>摘要：Nippon Mining & Metals Co. Ltd. and Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd., Japan's leading copper producers, won't close down their production facilities following their integration in the companies' merged smelting operations, Nippon Mining said. "We consider those smelters as cost competitive enough to survive" in the tough business conditions, Nippon Mining spokesman Kinichi Enomoto said. Neither Nippon Mining nor Mitsui Mining are considering copper output cuts at present, Enomoto added.
查看更多>>摘要：Zhuzhou Smelter, China's second largest zinc producer, will lower its zinc output and exports this year, pressured by low zinc prices in the world market, a company official said. Zhuzhou will cut zinc and zinc alloy output to 230,000 metric tons this year, from 280,000 tons last year, said Wang Jian Jun, general manager of the company's exporting arm. "We are also cutting down exports. The (total) amount of exports this year will depend on market prices," Wang said. In January-April, Zhuzhou exported 31,000 tons of zinc ingots, down from 39,000 tons in the same period last year. Zinc smelters in China have been suffering from lower world zinc prices, which have hurt their export earnings.
查看更多>>摘要：The amount of copper in automobiles will continue to grow but at a slow pace, despite the 3 percent-6 percent growth in cable content seen in vehicles annually, the commodity manager at Delphi Automotive Systems said. "We've seen a rise in cable content but not in copper content - we're seeing thinner cables and smaller conductors used in order to reduce weight and mass," said Jim Salois, commodity manager at Delphi Automotive Systems, at the American Metal Market copper forum.
查看更多>>摘要：Indonesian miners PT Aneka Tambang, or Antam, and PT International Nickel Indonesia Tbk, or Inco Indonesia, plan to form a joint venture to develop Inco's nickel reserves in East Pomalaa, southeast Sulawesi, the two companies said. The reserves, estimated to contain 10 million wet metric tons of high-grade nickel ores, are adjacent to Antam's nickel smelting operations but 200 kilometers away from Inco Indonesia's mining operations.
查看更多>>摘要：Perth-based miner Perilya Limited plans to produce 165,000 tons per year of zinc metal, 83,000 tons/year of lead metal and 2.3 million ounces of silver at its Broken Hill mine in New South Wales, the company said.The announcement was made in conjunction with Perilya's confirmation of the completion of the purchase of the mine from Pasminco Limited after bringing forward the three and six-month stage payments due to Pasminco, each of 5 million Australia dollars.
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