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Panos Kotseras

Mexico - New copper commercial tube plant by Golden Dragon - 1 views

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    Golden Dragon, based in China's Hunan province, opened a new copper tube plant in the city of Monclova, northern Mexico. The investment of the project amounted to US$100 million and represents the biggest Chinese investment ever made in Mexico. The plant covers 200,000m2 and will employ 900 staff. Currently, annual output capacity is 60,000t of copper tube for air conditioners but the plan is to raise that to 120,000t. The new project will benefit from low industrial costs and a competitive exchange rate; it aims to supply the North American and European markets.
Panos Kotseras

China - The copper products market - 0 views

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    According to the China Nonferrous Processing Industry Conference, copper products output in China increased by one million tonnes annually in the past three years. Data released showed that production amounted to 5.3 million tonnes in 2006, 6.3 million tonnes in 2007 and 7.5 million tonnes in 2008. It was reported that Chinese output accounted for 30%, 40% and 50% of world output in 2006, 2007 and 2008 respectively. In addition, the General Administration of Customs said that Chinese copper imports in October reached 263,000 tonnes, an increase of 14% y-o-y. However, on a m-o-m basis the figure contracted by 34%.
Colin Bennett

Xstrata Copper: Collahuasi commences prefeasibility study into major expansion project - 0 views

  • The project envisages the construction of one or two new grinding lines, allowing Collahuasi to process between 270,000 and 380,000 tonnes of ore a day. This increase in production from the current annual average of approximately 500,000 tonnes of copper to 800,000 tonnes with a single line expansion, and to more than one million tonnes with both lines, would begin from the project’s anticipated commissioning in 2017.
Colin Bennett

Deep-sea mud in the Pacific Ocean as a potential resource for rare-earth elements - 0 views

  • We show that deep-sea mud contains high concentrations of rare-earth elements and yttrium at numerous sites throughout the eastern South and central North Pacific. We estimate that an area of just one square kilometre, surrounding one of the sampling sites, could provide one-fifth of the current annual world consumption of these elements.
James Wright

China - New 400,000t/y wirerod plant enters trial production phase in Guangzhou province - 0 views

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    It was reported that China's Amer International expects to complete construction of its new 250,000t/y copper rod production line, located in its Chaohu City facility in Anhui Province, by year-end. The expansion project will bring Amer's production capacity to 500,000t/y and its total copper rod production is anticipated to reach 200,000t in 2011. A spokesperson for the company said that it will manufacture rod for both domestic and foreign export markets. In addition, Amer also intends to source copper cathode for rod-processing from within China and also overseas. Total investment for the project amounted to RMB2.5B.
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    Jiangxi Copper has said that it will start-up a new 400,000t/y wirerod and wire plant in H2 2012, after missing its scheduled commissioning month of May due to the onset of the rainy season. The plant, which is based in Zengcheng city, Guangdong province, will be fed by refined copper produced by the company's smelting/refining operations resulting in less Jiangxi Copper cathode available to the domestic market. After startup, the company's semi-finished copper products capacity would double to almost 900,000t/y. Whereas Platt's figures indicate that Jiangxi's cathode production is expected to rise by a smaller value of around 150,000t to reach 1.09Mt in 2012.
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    Leyuan Group has started-up 40 copper foil lines with a total annual production capacity of 10,000t. The new plant is located in Tianjin City, Tianjin province and will be supplemented with two further phases of capacity expansions. The second phase lines are expected to be commissioned in June 2012 while the final phase capacity expansions will be operational by June 2013. The plant represents Leyuan Group's only copper foil production facility and the end of the phased capacity expansion project should see the company's maximum production capability amount to 100,000t/y. Leyuan expects to supply the domestic and Southeast Asian markets with copper foil produced from locally sourced copper cathode. Capital investment for the project is expected to amount to RMB1.22B.
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    Southwire, the US-based aluminium and copper cablemaker, has said that while the use of copper in most electrical applications is unlikely to change, some manufacturers are likely to move toward the use of aluminium wire. The auto industry is increasingly using aluminium wire for traditional copper applications. This is occurring most predominantly outside of the US, however domestic autos companies have also been using aluminium wire for battery cable and aluminium wire harnesses for lights. Southwire stated that for most electrical applications copper usage will remain dominant because of its overall reliability.
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    Guangzhou Jiangtong Copper products, a subsidiary of Jiangxi Copper, announced that it began trial production at its new 400,000t/y copper wirerod plant this week. The company expects to supply nearby consumers in southern China as well as those in foreign markets in Southeast Asia. Capital investment expenditure totalled RMB2.0B.
Colin Bennett

Japanese copper, brass demand expected to increase 0.72% - 0 views

  • Annual demand is likely to increase 0.72% year-on-year to reach 800,700 tonnes in the upcoming year, compared with an estimated 795,000 tonnes in the current fiscal year.
Colin Bennett

China Said to Expand Property Survey Amid Oversupply Concern - 1 views

  • “In recent months the property sector has come under clear stress, with rapidly falling sales and investment and falling property prices in many regions,” Goldman Sachs Group analysts said in a March 21 research report. “Now we see more room as well as the need to adjust property policy.”
Colin Bennett

HVAC: Energy Recovery Ventilation Systems - 0 views

  • An energy recovery ventilator (ERV) is a type of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment that uses the energy associated with the thermally conditioned air being exhausted from a building to precondition the incoming air.  ERVs, which offer many advantages for both improved indoor air quality (IAQ) and reduced energy consumption, are one of the fastest-growing segments of improved IAQ management in buildings.
Colin Bennett

Wireless Control Systems for Smart Buildings - 1 views

  • The convergence of building automation, information technology, and wireless communications is driving growth in this market, report concludes
Colin Bennett

Revenue from Energy Storage Technologies $21 Billion by 2024 - 0 views

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    "The supporting technologies associated with energy storage systems include power conversion (primarily focused on inverters), system-level software and controls, and systems integration services. "
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