Non Ferrous Metal

* Ore exports may continue as long as smelter plans in place * Govt hopes to finalize processing policy next month * No deadline set for smelter construction By Yayat Supriatna and Fergus Jensen JAKARTA, April 23 (Reuters) - Major miners in Indonesia,...

* Spot TC/RC at $75 and 7.5 cents, up a quarter from March * China smelters aim for TC/RCs as high as $85 and 8.5 cents * Rising fees could boost refined copper production * Higher fees encourage Asia smelters to buy more spot shipments By Polly...

WARSAW, April 23 (Reuters) - Europe's No.2 copper producer KGHM has recommended that 30 percent of its 2012 profit of 4.87 billion zlotys ($1.5 billion) be spent on its full-year dividend, Chief Executive Herbert Wirth said on Tuesday. The 30 percent...

(Repeats story moved late on Monday, no changest to headline or text) By James B. Kelleher CHICAGO, April 22 (Reuters) - An odd thing happened on Monday when Caterpillar Inc, the world's largest maker of earth-moving equipment, posted disappointing...

By James B. Kelleher CHICAGO, April 22 (Reuters) - An odd thing happened on Monday when Caterpillar Inc, the world's largest maker of earth-moving equipment, posted disappointing profits and cut its full-year forecast, blaming weakness in the mining...

LONDON (Reuters) - Aluminum prices are on the floor again. On the London Metal Exchange (LME) three-month metal recorded a low print of $1,818 per metric ton last week, a level last seen in the dark days of 2009. Chinese prices for the light metal are...

April 18 (Reuters) - Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc's first-quarter profit fell 15 percent, as higher costs and lower copper prices outweighed stronger copper production. Net income attributable to shareholders for the quarter was $648 million, or 68...

April 18 (Reuters) - Africa-focused miner Ivanplats Ltd's shares rose as much as 8 percent after the governor of Congo's copper mining province, Katanga, said he will not enforce a ban on the export of copper and cobalt concentrates. Katanga governor...

* FTSE 100 closes flat * Financials suffer after Morgan Stanley results * Glaxo rises after drug approval * Vodafone benefits from Verizon CFO comments * Miners remain weak; ENRC falls By Alistair Smout LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - Britain's...

Gold prices plunged to a two-year low as investors fled from precious metals. It was the second day of decline for gold as the economy improves and fears of inflation in the U.S. ease. Gold is often purchased as a hedge against inflation. The price of...

CALEXICO - A 38-year-old Mexican citizen wanted by the California Highway Patrol in Riverside in connection with a homicide was arrested at the Calexico East Port of Entry on Sunday. Pablo Gutierrez Ceja, of Los Angeles, was detained about 6 p.m. after a...

The massive Sparrows Point complex changed ownership Friday for the fifth time in less than a decade, potentially its last sale as a steel mill. The new owners, redevelopment firm Environmental Liability Transfer and liquidator Hilco Trading, paid $72....