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A group of scientists at the famous Yale University are claiming that they may be on the verge of revolutionising the metals and sheet metal production industry with a new product.

Lawmakers in South Carolina are pointing out what seems to be a disturbing trend for metal thieves to begin stealing copper as the metal becomes more and more valuable on the worldwide market.

Capitalvue are reporting that China’s Nonferrous Metal Engineering company have secured an enormous contract that is believed to be worth more than CNY7 billion.

A steel company in Finland is to begin exporting ferrochrome as they look to expand their capacity to produce the substance at a refinery in Tornio.

Macedonia’s industrial production is expected to rise by 5-8% over the next year, encompassing both the mining and the metal industry in the process.

The batlle between the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and the engineering and metal pressoworks and products industry has finally been resolved according to the metal workers union yesterday.

Data released by Statistics Finland recently has revealed that industrial production and new factory orders increased at a fast pace during the month of December.

The mining sector has been experiencing a turbulent time recently, with investors pulling out left, right and centre in 2011. This is despite a great year in 2010 in which their main outputs soared and investors were keen to put their money in.

The Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information technology (MIIT) have announced their offical plans for the development of the nonferrous metal industry.

The merger between Nippon Steel Corp and Sumitomo Metal Industries may become even more wide-spreading after it emerged that they may invite Kobe Steel Ltd to join the merger.