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21:14	Australia's TNG pilot plant testwork programme has returned best- ever recoveries of 80% to 90% vanadium on samples from Mt Peak in Northern Territory.
17:57	Argentine steel production in March totalled 480,000 tonnes – 1.3% more than the same month last year and 3.4% higher than in February.
16:13	Doe Run Peru's efforts to get the shuttered smelter at La Oroya restarted may be helped by a plan to remove the government as a major creditor, reports say.
14:43	Carmex Mining plans to increase tonnage and upgrade the classification from Inferred to Indicated Mineral Resources at its Eaglehead copper-molybdenum deposit in British Columbia.
12:18	ThyssenKrupp hit by sharp overall declines for fiscal Q2 2012 on effects of negative trends in global steel industry and EU debt crisis.
10:55	Largo Resources has received final approval for $175 million in credit lines for the Maracas vanadium project in Bahia, Brazil from national development bank BNDES.
10:51	The London Metals Exchange (LME) has announced the death of Michael Warren, chief technology officer.

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