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Elektrokoppar said that payment terms with end-users need to be shortened due to record high copper prices. The Swedish copper wirerod producer commented that fabricators cannot act as bankers and have to shorten payment terms by nearly 50% compared to last year. The company decided to reduce production of copper wirerod by 20% from 2010 in order to cut the stock level needed to be financed. The main wirerod mill operations have gone down from four shifts to three. At the current copper price levels, Elektrokoppar decided to cover the north European market than selling to other markets with high freight rates and high financing costs.

Mexico, one of the leading suppliers of oil to the United States, has increasingly embraced alternative energy in the face of dwindling crude output, infrastructure and investment. In response to energy and economic woes, President Felipe Calderón has pushed through energy reforms, pledging that Mexico will be producing a minimum of 2,500 megawatts of wind capacity by the time his term ends in 2012. So far, Mexico's progress has been impressive. In 2005, the nation only produced 3 megawatts electricity from wind. By the end of 2010, the country had 519 megawatts of installed wind power. And the future prospects look promising.

Codelco, the Chilean copper producer, is optimistic about medium to long term copper demand prospects, primarily due to Chinese growth. The company also sources its optimism from predictions that the Japanese earthquake will have only a marginal and short term impact on the copper market, before growth resumes. In addition, it was reported that world demand is strong and has a good outlook despite expectations that the market in the developed world will only return to pre-crisis levels.

"What are the most important key performance indicators? There are, for example, indicators defining the temperature changes in reference rooms. This includes what is referred to as hours of overheating in summer. If the room temperature exceeds 26 degrees Celsius during more than 10 percent of the hours of use during a year, the room comfort is no longer achieved. Other indicators measure air quality. For example, there are CO2 sensors or so-called VOC-sensors that detect certain scents emitted by the users themselves. If the data exceed certain values, the performance in terms of air quality is not considered as good. In addition, there are energy performance indicators, such as an indicator for the overall energy efficiency of a building. We simply measure the energy that is supplied to the building. We then compare the data to pre-calculated values. We can then evaluate whether the building achieves the desired energy performance. Another indicator is the so-called net energy consumption. This is the energy that users actually have to pay for. "

"The Wire Association International (WAI), Inc. announces the appointment of William F. Reichert as president of the association for a one-year term commencing on January 1, 2015. "

"Brazil is enjoying a great moment for renewable energy, says Adalberto Maluf, BYD's marketing director: "With short-term issues such as drought and less generation of conventional energy, we think solar energy will grow 70 per cent for large auctions and 30 per cent for smaller projects.""

"China has regained its title as the world's biggest economy, overtaking the US in purchasing power terms for the first time in 125 years, but this growing suburb provides a stark example of the mounting problems the country faces. The restoration of its pre-eminent position comes just as China steps into the so-called "middle-income trap" and as serious stresses built up over the past few years threaten to come to a head."

"Electric utilities are looking for the sort of stable, long-term signals that capacity markets will provide, to enable the necessary existing plants to stay online, develop demand response and support their investment decisions."

"2014 was marked by strong volatility in both economic and political terms: South America and Australia saw worsening conditions in the cable market. In Europe, the market for commodity products contracted whereas the industrial applications market improved. North America began to pick up. Markets in the Middle East and Russia were weighed down by political tensions."