Sojitz announced on 13th that the firm will invest 49% to CPC Mineria in Mexico and start to produce barite, a kind of rare metal. The firm will restart mining and refinement business, and start to produce high-grade barite in summer of 2013. The firm targets 19% world share of the transaction volume looking demand expansion in petroleum oil and gas extraction time.
Barite is used to get rid of muck from drilling mud.
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Japan Steel Scrap Composite Prices (Sangyo Press)
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| 288.73US$ (-0.62) | 304.2US$ (-0.65) |
* Average of electric furnaces steel maker's purchasing price in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya (per ton)
- JMB Tieup company
- The Korea Metal Journal
- ferro-alloys.com
- Steel on the net
- AMM
- MEPS
