Throughout history, coal has been used as an energy resource, primarily burned for the production of electricity and heat, and is also used for industrial purposes, such as refining metals.
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Cominco Ltd . may fall after zinc dropped as much 2.2 percent in London on expectations global supply of the refined metal remains ample in the face of slowing Asian consumption.
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In contrast, strikes at copper mines, including the world's largest, have had a much smaller impact on prices because they weren't viewed as having any immediate effect on the supply of refined metal.
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In NEW YORK, copper was steady amid expectations that robust demand for copper from U . S . pipe and wire makers will offset weakening Asian demand and rising supplies of refined metal.
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Cominco Ltd . may fall after zinc dropped as much 2 . 2 percent in London on expectations global supply of the refined metal remains ample in the face of slowing Asian consumption.
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Exports of industrial goods-- including iron and refined metals-- rose for a third straight month, " reflecting a return to healthier production in the U . S . in the third quarter ."
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The study group's revised figures show that global use of zinc rose to a record high of 7.37 million tons last year while refined metal production was 2.2 per cent higher at 7.29 million.
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"The minute the smelter started up you knew it was going to start to create more and more of a surplus of refined metal, " said Ted Arnold, an analyst at Merrill Lynch & Co . in London.
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Three-month forward nickel prices dropped US $ 70 to US $ 6, 280 a metric ton after concern eased that deliveries of the refined metal because of a labor union blockade at a New Caledonia port may be resumed.
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"The minute the smelter started up you knew it was going to start to create more and more of a surplus of refined metal, " said Ted Arnold, an analyst at Merrill Lynch & AMP; Co . in London.
