Autoabsatz in Deutschland sinkt im Mai um 5,8 Prozent
FRANKFURT (Dow Jones)Der deutsche Automarkt ist im Mai geschrumpft. Wie das Kraftfahrtbundesamt mitteilte, wurden im vergangenen Monat 305.057 Pkw neu zugelassen, 5,8 Prozent weniger als im Vorjahreszeitraum. In den ersten fünf Monaten des Jahres verbuchte der deutsche Automarkt ein Wachstum von 2,6 Prozent auf knapp 1,5 Millionen Pkw. Der Dieselantrieb ist weiter auf dem absteigenden […]
En+ president Sokov resigns in bid to see U.S. sanctions eased
MOSCOW, June 4 (Reuters) – En+ Group accepted president Maxim Sok ov’s resignation on Monday as part of a plan to persuade the United States to lift sanctions on the company by filling its board with directors not affiliated with Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska. Deripaska and the biggest companies in his empire, including aluminium producer […]
EUROPEAN MORNING BRIEF 04/06: SHFE copper, nickel prices climb
(MB) Good morning from Metal Bulletin’s offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Monday June 4. Copper prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose during Asian morning trading on Monday, benefiting from supply-side concerns, while the rest of the complex was little changed to stronger. The recycling of […]
Devisen: Eurokurs leicht gestiegen
FRANKFURT (dpa-AFX) – Der Kurs des Euro ist am Montag gestiegen. Am Morgen wurde die Gemeinschaftswährung bei 1,1689 US-Dollar gehandelt und damit etwas höher als am Freitagabend. Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) hatte den Referenzkurs zuletzt am Freitagnachmittag auf 1,1669 Dollar festgelegt. Zuletzt hat sich die Lage auf dem Markt für europäische Staatsanleihen wieder spürbar beruhigt. […]
China’s Chinalco starts $1.3 bln expansion of Peru copper mine
BEIJING, June 4 (Reuters) – Aluminum Corp of China , known as Chinalco, at the weekend said it had started work on a $1.3 billion expansion of its Toromocho copper mine in central Peru. The investment will increase the mine’s copper output by 45 percent by 2020, with the value of production exceeding $2 billion […]
Shanghai copper hits highest since April as traders eye supply
MELBOURNE, June 4 (Reuters) – Shanghai copper rallied to the highest in more than six weeks on Monday, underpinned by a slightly softer dollar and supply concerns amid wage negotiations at the world’s largest copper mine. The union of workers at BHP’s Escondida copper mine in Chile said on Friday it had kicked off the […]
Polen geht gegen Abfallimporte vor
(Euwid) Die polnische Regierung hat gestern angekündigt, Abfallimporte stärker kontrollieren zu wollen. „Es ist sehr oft der Fall, dass Abfälle zum Recycling importiert werden, aber wir wissen wirklich nicht, was tatsächlich ins Land kommt“, sagte der polnische Premierminister Mateusz Morawiecki gestern bei einer Pressekonferenz in Warschau. Morawiecki kündigte an, die Vorschriften ändern, um dem Umweltinspektor […]
U.S. allies hit back at Washington’s steel, aluminium tariffs
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS, June 1 (Reuters) – Canada, Mexico and the European Union retaliated against U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium with levies on billions of dollars of U.S. goods from orange juice and whiskey to blue jeans and Harley-Davidson motorcycles. The EU took the United States to the World Trade Organization to challenge the legality of […]
EUROPEAN MORNING BRIEF 01/06: Nafta talks under threat after Trump imposes metal duties
(MB) Good morning from Metal Bulletin’s offices in Asia as we bring you the latest news and pricing stories on Friday June 1. Base metals prices, with the exception of zinc, on the Shanghai Futures Exchange were all up during Asian morning trading on Friday. Nickel prices outperformed, tracking the recent strength of prices on […]
Germany hopes U.S. will rethink tariffs after clear EU response
BERLIN, June 1 (Reuters) – German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier said on Friday he hopes a decisive response from the European Union to new U.S. tariffs will make President Donald Trump rethink his decision to impose levies on steel and aluminium imports. “We hope that the European response will result in a process of reflection […]
