<?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> 5 Jul 2008 15:37:58 GMT</pubDate>                                		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Malaysia's tin price averages higher, rises above $23,000/mt]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Singapore (Platts) -- 4Jul2008 -- The Malaysian domestic tin price continued to average higher on the Kuala
Lumpur Tin Market this week, having crossed the $23,000/mt mark.

     The KLTM price averaged $23,070/mt, up $140/mt from $22,930/mt...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8856236.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8856236.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[US ferroalloys ease off all-time highs]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[New York (Platts) -- 3Jul2008 -- Key bulk ferroalloys in the US market eased off all-time highs this week
as steel mills are now covered for third quarter requirements and some stock
overhangs have put silicomanganese under  some downward...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6918310.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6918310.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Brazil's Vale plans share offering for July 4 or later]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[New York (Platts) -- 3Jul2008 -- Brazilian iron ore giant and diversified miner Companhia Vale do Rio
Doce, now Vale, said Thursday that its previously announced stock offering of
up to $14 billion would take place on or after July 4...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6918309.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6918309.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[ArcelorMittal and Areva ink Eur70 million capacity increase plan]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[London/Paris (Platts) -- 3Jul2008 -- Steel giant ArcelorMittal and nuclear power firm Areva Thursday signed a
Eur70 million ($111.2 million) investment agreement aimed at increasing
production at AM's Industeel subsidiary, the steelmaker...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8852764.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8852764.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[BHP Billiton says HSR waiting time on Rio Tinto offer ends]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Singapore (Platts) -- 3Jul2008 -- BHP Billiton said Thursday that the US Department of Justice and the
Federal Trade Commission have granted early termination of the
Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period for BHP Billiton's proposed acquisition...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8852522.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8852522.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Cobalt trades below $40/lb CIF in Asia for first time in 7 months]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Tokyo (Platts) -- 3Jul2008 -- Cobalt cathode (99.8%) traded in Asian markets at less than $40/lb this
week for the first time in seven months, trade sources said Thursday. 

     Trade was lackluster with only a handful of deals reported....]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8852521.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8852521.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Steel Group AISI joins American Scrap Coalition]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[New York (Platts) -- 2Jul2008 -- The American Iron and Steel Institute said Wednesday that it had joined
the American Scrap Coalition, an industry group advocating more liberal
international scrap trade policies.

     Founding members...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6918214.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6918214.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[US copper scrap spreads widen amid summer slowdown, high futures]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 2Jul2008 -- Spreads for copper scrap sold in the US widened further this week on
continued weak demand from domestic mills and a headlong retreat by Chinese
buyers following a surge in copper futures. Moreover spreads...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6918213.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6918213.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[US steelmaker Nucor settles suit against SeverCorr, ex-employee]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[New York (Platts) -- 1Jul2008 -- US-based steel producer Nucor said Tuesday that it has settled its
pending lawsuit against its former employee John Bell and Mississippi-based
SeverCorr. Under the terms of the settlement, Nucor said it...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6917577.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6917577.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Dupont hits South America with 2nd titanium dioxide price hike]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 1Jul2008 -- DuPont Titanium Technologies said Tuesday it has raised its prices for
all Ti-Pure brand titanium dioxide products sold in Latin America -- the
second price hike there in a month -- a move the chemical...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6917576.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6917576.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Steel chain to adopt index pricing within a year: Kloeckner CEO]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[London (Platts) -- 1Jul2008 -- Steel producers and processors will change their pricing policy in favour
of index-correlated contracts in the next twelve months, steel and metal
distributor Kloeckner's CEO Thomas Ludwig told Platts...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6917228.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6917228.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[Posco agrees to near-doubling of iron ore prices with Rio Tinto]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Singapore (Platts) -- 1Jul2008 -- South Korean steel firm Posco has agreed to pay Anglo-Australian mining
giant Rio Tinto at least 80% more for iron ore, the company said Tuesday.

     Posco said the deal with Rio Tinto was effective...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8844991.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/8844991.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[US titanium-dioxide market to top $2 billion in '09 on nanotech]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[Washington (Platts) -- 30Jun2008 -- US exports of titanium dioxide -- the naturally occurring oxide of
titanium -- will grow by 21% to $1.5 billion this year, and could top $2
billion next year, as the commodity rebounds on strong sales...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6917037.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6917037.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                            		<item>	           			<title><![CDATA[New Gold completes merger with Metallica Resources and Peak Gold]]></title>			<description> <![CDATA[New York (Platts) -- 30Jun2008 -- New Gold has completed a three-way business combination with Peak Gold
and Metallica Resources, the Vancouver-based gold miner announced Monday.

     &quot;Management is excited at the prospects for this new...]]></description> 			<link>http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6916615.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</link>			<category>Metals</category>			<guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.platts.com/Metals/News/6916615.xml?src=Metalsrssheadlines1</guid>			</item>                          </channel></rss>	