Primary Metals

Neighbors' fears over Nevada mine validated

A new wave of testing by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has found that 79 percent of the wells tested north of the World War II-era copper mine have dangerous levels of uranium or arsenic or both that make the water...

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Columbus plant seeks savings with shot-clock approach

By Dan Gearino • The Columbus Dispatch • November 22, 2009 COLUMBUS, Ohio - Today, Worthington Industries wants to see whether what works in basketball can also work in manufacturing. This is one of the most visible aspects of...

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Gold: A "Channel Buster" or a Runaway Parabola?

The gold stocks have ridden on the back of the gold rally, which in itself is partly the result of the high level of fear surrounding the economic outlook. Contrary to popular belief, gold tends to perform well in periods of...

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Make Cash Online by Precious Metal Recycling

Ways to Make Money by Selling Scrap Metals Online to Metal Buyers Selling unwanted jewellery and other objects made from precious metals has become a great way of making quick money. Online traders cut cost and trading is made...

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Alternative investments still worth consideration

Column by John Norris • November 22, 2009 Q: I haven't heard as much about alternative investments recently. You haven't heard as much about so-called alternative investments because plain old vanilla stocks have done well...

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Region's leaders want to increase recycling - roanoke.com

2008's recycling rates ranged from 48 percent in Salem to 13 percent for Botetourt County. For every six-pack of beer or soda downed in the Roanoke region, two of the empty aluminum cans get tossed in a recycling bin and the...

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Toys often precede inventions

Children's toys mirror real life, and small cookstoves were made in every era. You can find toy Victorian iron stoves, 1930s toy enameled models and toy microwaves with stainless steel fronts. All these toys are collected today...

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CISA outlines tough times ahead for Chinese steel industry

According to Mr Luo Bingsheng vice deputy of China Iron & Steel Association "Steel demand will see moderate growth next year, but the situation can be very tough for mills during the year end and the beginning of 2010 given the...

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Gold Blues

NEW DELHI, November 22, 2009 (AFP) - For Indian brides buying jewellery, the bigger the better is the general rule, but record gold prices during this year's wedding season are forcing many to compromise. "Big pieces of...

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Baosteel Group Xinjiang Baoyi ink pact with Gansu Benma

Xinjiang Bayi Steel signed collaboration agreement with Gansu Benma Group, supplying 40,000 tonnes medium and heavy plates in construction of power generation base. Jiuquan, Gansu would be the first market of wind-generated...

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