Feb 21, 2012

Aluminum News

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Rusal Falls in Moscow as Aluminum Futures Decline in Shanghai
Bloomberg
Rusal, the world's largest aluminum producer, led declines in the Moscow-based Micex Index as aluminum futures fell for a second day in Shanghai. Rusal's Russian depository receipts dropped 4.1 percent, the biggest intraday decline since Dec.
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Less lively aluminum baseball bats change game
PhysOrg.com
Aluminum bats, introduced in the 1970s, had an enormous “trampoline effect” and made the game more dangerous. A 90-mph pitch could come off a lively aluminum bat at 108 mph and reach the pitcher 0.375 seconds later, leaving him no time to react when ...
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PhysOrg.com
Bud Industries Inventory Means Fast Delivery on NEMA 4 Enclosures, 19 Inch ...
MarketWatch (press release)
20, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Bud Industries, a leading manufacturer of NEMA 4 enclosures, 19 inch racks and aluminum enclosures, has calculated that, if the Bud enclosures currently in inventory were placed end to end, they would span the length ...
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CBS4 - WHBF Quad Cities, IL-IA News Weather SportsNichols Aluminum workers not ...
cbs4qc.com
Entertainment News from AP It's been more than a month since Nichols Aluminum workers hit the picket lines and they are not planning to give in anytime soon. Workers said they are stronger than ever after voting down the company's latest contract offer ...
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More materials to be recycled
WFXL FOX 31
ALBANY, GA -- This weeks' Go Green explores what other materials, aside from aluminum, can be recycled at Southeastern Aluminum Recycling here in Albany, Georgia. After dropping off your recyclables, they are sorted and brought to the back of the ...
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Teams adjust to new NCAA-mandated baseball bats
Tulsa World
Researchers came up with a formula - Batted Ball Coefficient of Restitution, or BBCOR - that reduced the aluminum bat's "trampoline effect" on balls. Essentially, the 2011 bats didn't flex like previous aluminum models. One research study posits a ...
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Handy Gal Tips: Aluminum Foil
ABC 4
What you need: line the bottom with foil it not only helps reflect the heat up towards what you are cooking, but catches all the drippings and you can toss it all away later. You can also wad up a sheet of foil to clean your grill, use it like steel ...
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Michael Smith turns Mardi Gras trash into cash
KSDK
But a St. Louis man is turning that trash into cold hard cash and he says aluminum cans play a huge role in helping him get his life back on track. Mardi Gras revelers littered Soulard with thousands of empty cans. And Michael Smith is happy to help ...
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Aluminum stolen from trailer
The State Journal-Register
By Anonymous Aluminum valued at $3000 was stolen from a trailer in the 1300 block of North Wheeler Avenue. The theft occurred sometime between Jan. 12 and Sunday. It was not clear how the thief broke into the trailer. Aluminum valued at $3000 was ...
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Union lists objections to Nichols' contract offer
Quad City Times
A health plan that will cost employees more as well as a two-tier wage plan were among the top reasons that striking union workers at Nichols Aluminum strongly rejected a proposed contract, the union's president said Monday. Howard Spoon, president of ...
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Aluminium News

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Light on the horizon for Hunter aluminium jobs
ABC Online
Midal progressing with plans for a new aluminium products plant near Newcastle's Tomago aluminium smelter. Plans are progressing for a $30 million aluminium products manufacturing facility near Newcastle, at a time when the Hunter's aluminium sector is ...
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Aluminium up 0.28% on firm global cues
Business Standard
PTI / New Delhi Feb 21, 2012, 12:15 IST Buoyed by a firming trend in base metals at the London Metal Exchange (LME), aluminium prices rose by 0.28% to Rs 106.30 per kg in the futures market today. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, the February contract ...
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Business Standard
Alba sheds light on economic growth role
Trade Arabia
Aluminium Bahrain's (Alba) credentials as a supporter of fair trade practices across the globe were emphasised during a meeting with a ministerial delegation from Paraguay. Alba chief executive Laurent Schmitt met a Paraguayan delegation including ...
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Hulamin interims: Richard Jacob - CEO, Hulamin
Moneyweb.co.za
Impact on the solid, well-run company if Billiton's aluminium smelters are shut down. ALEC HOGG: Another of our studio guests today was Hulamin's chief executive, Richard Jacob, who suggested that we look past the bald numbers and applaud the ...
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All-New Dedicated Holden LPG Commodore – Australian Solutions for Australian ...
3D Car Shows
LPG requires a larger tank than petrol in order to achieve a similar range, so to keep mass contained, Holden's safety engineers developed a lightweight, 84-litre aluminium tank – which to our knowledge is the only mass-produced, OEM-equipped, ...
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Motoring on Tuesday: Audi A4 to the power of eight – the all new RS 4 AVANT
Malta Independent Online
The chassis of the Audi RS 4 Avant is a very complex design, with a five-link set-up at the front and a self-tracking trapezoidal-link rear assembly, a high proportion of which is crafted from aluminium to reduce unsprung weight.
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Govt intervenes in Carolina water crisis
News24
He said the department had appointed a rapid reaction team of scientists and engineers to help local authorities remove heavy metals - iron, aluminium and manganese - from the drinking water. At this stage, officials at the Chief Albert Luthuli local ...
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Alcoa News

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Alcoa workers not facing relocation
Sky News Australia
Alcoa workers not facing relocation Updated: 15:41, Tuesday February 21, 2012 Alcoa says it is not seeking to relocate staff en masse to a new plant in Saudi Arabia as it reviews the viability of 600 jobs at its Geelong smelter.
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Alcoa workers not facing Saudi relocation
Perth Now
Alcoa says it is not seeking to relocate staff en masse to a new plant in Saudi Arabia. Picture: Dima Beliakov Alcoa says it is not seeking to relocate staff en masse to a new plant in Saudi Arabia as it reviews the viability of 600 jobs at its Geelong ...
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Alcoa workers offered Middle East jobs
NEWS.com.au
Alcoa has promised the new Saudi Arabian smelter will be the world's cheapest and most efficient producer of aluminium. Picture: Herald Sun Source: Herald Sun The 600 workers facing the sack at Alcoa's Point Henry plant in Vic are being offered jobs in ...
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Alcoa forming public advisory board as part of Reynolds site cleanup
Longview Daily News
Alcoa owns the land at the 416-acre site and leases the buildings to Millennium Bulk Terminals, which plans to build a coal export terminal there. The state Department of Ecology is working with Alcoa on a plan to remove the cyanide, fluoride and other ...
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Alcoa supervisors offered work overseas
ABC Local
The Australian Workers Union (AWU) has confirmed that a handful of Alcoa supervisors have been offered lucrative jobs in the Middle East. Six hundred jobs at Alcoa's Point Henry operation, near Geelong, are under threat as the company battles falling ...
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Alcoa Offers Workers More Than 100% Pay Hike if They Will Accept Saudi Arabia Post
International Business Times AU
By Vittorio Hernandez | February 21, 2012 1:57 PM EST To appease Alcoa workers in Geelong who may lose their jobs as the company reviews the viability of its Point Henry aluminium smelter facility, Alcoa has dangled a more than 100 per cent hike ...
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International Business Times AU
Alcoa workers offered Saudi jobs
Sky News Australia
Alcoa workers offered Saudi jobs Updated: 08:03, Tuesday February 21, 2012 The 600 workers facing the sack at Alcoa's Point Henry plant in Victoria are being offered lucrative pay packets to help set up a new cut-price smelter in Saudi Arabia.
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Saudi offer for Alcoa workers
Adelaide Now
Alcoa workers could help set up a new smelter in Saudi Arabia. Source: Herald Sun ALCOA is offering workers at its Geelong plant massive pay packets to help set up a new cut-price smelter in Saudi Arabia. It comes as the multinational is reviewing the ...
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Alcoa workers offered overseas jobs
BigPond News
Workers at Alcoa's Victorian plant are being offered pay packets to help set up a smelter in Saudi Arabia. The 600 workers facing the sack at Alcoa's Point Henry plant in Victoria are being offered lucrative pay packets to help set up a new cut-price ...
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US Job Creations

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KOAM TV 7 Joplin and PittsburgSenator talks job creation in McDonald County, Mo.
KOAM-TV
US Senator Roy Blunt stops in McDonald County, Missouri to talk job creation. He met with county leaders today in Anderson. The senator's six-step plan includes reducing the size of government and increasing credit access for businesses.
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US Congress gives the D Block to public safety
Bapco Journal
These provisions are included in the conference report to the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (HR 3630).. The passage of this legislation will bring public safety communications capability into the 21st century with a new national ...
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Obama's budget blueprint a massive gamble
Brisbane Times
President Barack Obama is concentrating on job creation. Photo: AP PRESIDENT Barack Obama's $US3.8 trillion budget blueprint for next year makes no secret that he is pinning his re-election hopes on job creation. You can get the gist of this from ...
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Brisbane Times
Michigan primary issues: Where do Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and ...
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
Today: job creation. It's no surprise job creation is a top priority for voters this presidential election. That especially rings true in Michigan, which has suffered double-digit unemployment rates every month from December 2008 through September 2011 ...
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The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
American Mustache Institute Launches "Million Mustache March" in Support of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
For instance, the "Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002," a bill recognizing the contributions of educators to the American economy, and the corresponding necessary and unreimbursed expenditures to produce those contributions, ...
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County exec announces jobs program
Newark Post
The county has often been criticized for a land use process that some see as holding back job creation, while taking the heat from civic groups for not rejecting controversial developments, such as the Stoltz projects in the Greenville-Barley Mill area ...
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Hultgren to Endorse McConnaughay in 33rd District
Patch.com
C. "Congressman Randy Hultgren has supported a pro-job creation agenda as a member of the US House and he supports Karen McConnaughay's agenda for job creation at the state level," the press release says. The two Republicans also "will discuss their ...
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Oil Prices

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Oil prices jumped to a nine-month high above $105 a barrel on Monday after ...
Detroit Free Press
After more than 12 hours of talks, the countries that use the euro reached an agreement late Monday... Out-of-the-ordinary Motor City cuisine and the characters who create these divine dishes are about... By Pablo Gorondi Associated Press Oil prices ...
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Feud lifts oil prices higher
Albany Times Union
AP Oil prices jumped to a nine-month high above $105 a barrel on Monday after Iran said it halted crude exports to Britain and France in an escalation of a dispute over the Middle Eastern country's nuclear program. By Monday afternoon, benchmark March ...
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Political Risk Premium Added to Oil Price: Analyst
CNBC.com
A political risk premium is being added to the price of oil and the latest move by Iran to halt exports of oil to France and Britain is an indication that crude oil prices will remain volatile for some time, Simon Wardell, Senior Oil Analyst at IHS ...
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Oil prices spike on Iran export halt. Is $4 gas next?
CNNMoney
By Aaron Smith @CNNMoneyMarkets February 20, 2012: 12:43 PM ET NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Oil prices rose Monday after Iran cut exports to Britain and France, raising worries that higher gas prices may follow suit. Iran's oil ministry said Sunday that it ...
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Oil prices surge after Iran curbs exports
Indianapolis Star
At the pump: Gas prices are rising, and Mideast worries are expected to raise oil prices further. Silver lining: Oil prices also are rising because of a positive outlook for the global economy, analysts say. Oil prices jumped to a nine-month high above ...
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Oil prices soar as Iran cuts off supply
Christian Science Monitor
Oil prices jumped to $105 per barrel Monday after Iran halted exports to Britain and France. Oil prices are now at a nine-month high. By Pablo Gordoni, Associated Press / February 20, 2012 A customer fills up at an Irving Oil gas station, in Berlin, ...
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Gas price spike pumping up fears
Chicago Tribune
"Everybody was worried about Europe as being the precipitating factor to sort of throw the world into a slowdown," said Tom Kloza, chief oil analyst at Oil Price Information Service. "Higher oil prices could do that too." Creeping up steadily over the ...
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Chicago Tribune
Warning: Oil prices could soar much beyond $120
Firstpost
Oil prices continued to stay around a 9-month high of $120 a barrel for the second day running on Tuesday. For the Indian economy, which relies on oil imports to fuel its growth engine, rising oil prices might be a sign of further gloom.
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Oil prices extend gains in Asian trade after Greek deal
Economic Times
SINGAPORE: Oil prices extended gains in Asian trade Tuesday after eurozone finance ministers sealed a deal on a massive new bailout for Greece. The cheer however was tempered by expectations the bailout will not be a cure-all for Greece's problems and ...
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Brent oil prices hovers near $120
Irish Times
Brent crude futures held steady near $120 a barrel today as the euro zone approved a second bailout package for debt-laden Greece, while a cut in Chinese and European imports of Iranian oil supported prices. Euro zone finance ministers struck a deal ...
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