<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>   <rss version="2.0">   <channel>        <title>Platts News: Latest Metals Headlines from Platts.com</title>           		<link>http://www.platts.com?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>		<description>Metals Headlines from Platts.com: Platts, a Division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), the world's leading provider of energy information.</description>		<language>en-US</language>		<copyright>Copyright &#169; 2006 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.          http://www.mcgraw-hill.com</copyright>				<category>Latest Metals Headlines</category>		<image>			<url>http://www.platts.com/images/latest_metals_headlines_title.gif</url>			 <title>Latest Metals Headlines</title>			<link>http://www.platts.com?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>		</image>		<managingEditor>webeditor@platts.com</managingEditor>		<webMaster>webeditor@platts.com</webMaster>		<pubDate> 4 Jul 2009 01:06:46 GMT</pubDate>                                		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Ukraine's Khartsyzsk cuts steel pipe output by 23% in June]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Kiev (Platts) -- 3Jul2009 -- Ukraine's Khartsyzsk Pipe Plant decreased its monthly output of
heavyweight pipes by 23% in June, due to an increase in the production of
lightweight pipes, the company said Friday.

     Khartsyzsk produced...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8683670.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8683670.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Korea urges China to rethink steel export rebates, overcapacity]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Seoul (Platts) -- 3Jul2009 -- Senior South Korean and Chinese government and steelmaking officials  
gathered in Seoul on Friday to discuss bilateral cooperation in a bid to deal 
with the global slowdown of the steel industry.

 ...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8683587.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8683587.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[BHP sells Yabulu nickel refinery; takes $675 million write-down]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Singapore (Platts) -- 3Jul2009 -- BHP Billiton has agreed to sell its Yabulu nickel refinery in Queensland
to Australian billionaire Clive Palmer, and will book an estimated $675
million write-down in relation to the business, the company...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/7967747.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/7967747.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Nippon Mining to lift indium-tin oxide capacity on firm demand]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Tokyo (Platts) -- 3Jul2009 -- Japan's Nippon Mining & Metals plans to expand its indium-tin oxide
production capacity at Isohara near Tokyo on firm flat panel display demand in
China and the US, a company official said Friday. 
  ...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/7967744.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/7967744.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Canadian Gold Hunter and Sanu Resources sign merger pact]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[New York (Platts) -- 2Jul2009 -- Canadian Gold Hunter and Sanu Resources have entered into a &quot;definitive
agreement&quot; to combine their operations by way of a plan of arrangement under
the Canada Business Corporations, the two exploration...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8682992.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8682992.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[US monthly steel import applications declined 21% in June]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[New York (Platts) -- 2Jul2009 -- Permit applications to import 734,667 mt of steel products were filed in
the month of June, the US Commerce Department reported Wednesday. This was a
21% decline from the preliminary report of 924,996...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8680829.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8680829.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[EU steel demand fell 43% in H1 2009, market bottom close: Eurofer]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[London (Platts) -- 2Jul2009 -- European steelmakers' lobby Eurofer said Thursday that apparent steel
consumption in Europe had fallen 43% year on year in the first half of 2009,
but added that leading indicators suggested that the economic...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8679887.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8679887.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Wuhan Steel enters strategic cooperation with Brazil's EBX]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Hunan, China (Platts) -- 2Jul2009 -- Chinese steelmaker Wuhan Steel has signed a strategic cooperation
agreement with Brazil's EBX Group, according to an announcement made by Wuhan
Steel Thursday. 

     Under the terms of the agreement,...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8679886.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8679886.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Precious metals prices rebound on New York futures exchanges]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[New York (Platts) -- 1Jul2009 -- Gold is leading the precious metals complex on a mini rally Wednesday
morning in New York as the dollar reversed course by declining against the
euro. The stock market and crude oil are also heading upward...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6447344.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6447344.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Spot moly oxide trade picks up on South Korea on major tender]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Tokyo (Platts) -- 1Jul2009 -- Spot molybdenum oxide trade was active in South Korea this week after one
steelmaker issued a tender to buy 100-200 mt of molybdenum oxide, local market
sources said Wednesday. 

     The steelmaker issued...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8676577.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8676577.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Hochschild increases stake in Gold Resource to 23.9%]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[London (Platts) -- 1Jul2009 -- Hochschild Mining, the South American mining operation, has exercised its
option to purchase a further five million shares of Gold Resource for a total
cash consideration of $20 million Wednesday, representing...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8676180.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8676180.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Dongkuk Steel scraps Brazil slab plant, to focus on blast furnace]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Seoul (Platts) -- 1Jul2009 -- South Korea's third-largest steelmaker Dongkuk Steel Mill has decided to
cancel its project to build a direct reduced iron, or DRI, slab plant in
Brazil because of high fuel costs, the company said Wednesday....]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/7953960.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/7953960.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Tin's price rally belies lackluster fundamentals: Barclays]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 30Jun2009 -- The recent rally in the price of tin -- which has scrambled early 50%
higher since the end of the first quarter  -- is precisely opposite to
what should be occurring given the metal's lackluster fundamentals,...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6446156.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6446156.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Taseko cuts long-term debt and extends copper hedge]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[New York (Platts) -- 30Jun2009 -- Canadian copper and molybdenum producer Taseko Mines has reduced its
long-term debt through the purchase of $17.5 million worth of its convertible
bonds and extended its copper hedge, the company said...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6446155.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6446155.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                          </channel></rss>	