Nonferrous

HONG KONG — Minmetals Resources Ltd. said Tuesday it agreed to buy Melbourne-based Minerals & Metals Group from Minmetals 'state-owned parent for US$1. 85 billion, part of a plan to transform itself from a trader in nonferrous metals and manufacturer of aluminum and copper products into an international base-metals producer. ❋ Yvonne Lee (2010)

Minmetals Resources said it agreed to buy Melbourne-based Minerals & Metals Group from Minmetals 'state-owned parent for US$1. 85 billion, part of a plan to transform itself from a trader in nonferrous metals and manufacturer of aluminum and copper products into an international base-metals producer. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The average wholesale prices of other primary goods, such as nonferrous metals, have fallen to 76 per cent of 1928. ❋ United States. Presidents. (N/A)

COM/WRAP weighed on shares of resource companies such as nonferrous metals smelter Sumitomo Metal Mining Co ❋ Unknown (2011)

Worst hit will be branches related to industrial production, such as nonferrous metals, to construction materials, such as cement, to products whose demand depends primarily on income levels, such as apparel, and to the majority of food products that Greece exports. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As always, the first construction materials to feel the impact of a commodity price change are those based on "auction market" commodities such as nonferrous metals, energy and lumber. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Reuters A worker stores ingots of 99.99 percent pure silver to be packed at the Krastsvetmet nonferrous metals plant in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. ❋ David Fickling (2011)

Taxes on ferrous and nonferrous metals will remain unchanged. ❋ Aaron Back (2011)

Sumitomo Metal Mining was up 1.5% after the nonferrous metal firm late Monday raised its earnings outlook for the fiscal year through March due to higher-than-expected prices of gold, copper and other metals. ❋ Colin Ng (2011)

In an interview, BHP's nonferrous metals chief, Andrew Mackenzie, said the company will do a better job of explaining how Saskatchewan will profit if BHP integrates Potash Corp. operations with its other "extensive landholdings" in the province, and suggested the establishment of a local audit board to make sure the company's promises are being kept. ❋ Phred Dvorak (2010)

BEIJING—China plans to try to cap capacity growth in its copper, aluminum and other nonferrous metals industries in coming years, in its latest attempt to rein in its surging economy amid worries over inflation and imbalances. ❋ Chuin-Wei Yap (2011)

Prices of nonferrous metals jumped 12.2% during the latest reporting month, compared with January's 7.8% rise. ❋ Andrew Monahan (2011)

Reuters Above, a machine engraves information on an ingot of 99.99% pure gold at the Krastsvetmet nonferrous metals plant in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk. ❋ Tatyana Shumsky (2011)

Manufacturing growth was led by a strong expansion in the production of gasoline, chemical products, rubber and plastic products, basic iron and steel, nonferrous metal products, metal products, machinery and furniture, the agency said. ❋ Jackie Bischof (2011)

Output of general machinery, chemical products, plastic goods, steel, electronic machinery, metal products, nonferrous metals, precision instruments and oil products all fell at double-digit rates in March, according to the data. ❋ Takashi Nakamichi (2011)

Beijing has capped annual output capacity growth rate for 10 types of nonferrous metals at an average of 8%, according to the state-run China Daily and other state media Friday. ❋ Chuin-Wei Yap (2011)

Vedanta is India's largest nonferrous-metals company by revenue. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In Shanghai, metals stocks surged after a report from the China Securities Journal said the government plans to limit annual production of 10 nonferrous metals to a combined 41 million metric tons by 2015, citing details from the nonferrous metals industry's 12th five-year draft plan. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Trafigura's move pits it against bigger rival Glencore, the world's largest trader of nonferrous metals, which had approached Norilsk earlier this year with an offer to take over the nickel producer's sales and marketing. ❋ Alexander Kolyandr (2010)