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July 12, 2011 
Metals -
Americas
- Zinc maker Horsehead in $10 million quarterly hedge plan
Washington - Metals Week
Zinc producer Horsehead said Monday it expects to record non-cash mark-to-market charges totaling $10 million for the quarter ended June 30, related to the company's recently announced hedging transactions for 2012 and 2013. Go to story...

Asia-Pacific
- Peabody and ArcelorMittal bid $5 billion for Macarthur Coal
Singapore - Steel Markets Daily
Coal miner Peabody and steel giant ArcelorMittal have made an indicative, non-binding, conditional offer to acquire a controlling stake in Australia-based Macarthur Coal for A$4.7 billion ($5.0 billion), Macarthur said in a statement to the Australian Securities Exchange Monday. Go to story...

Europe, Middle East & Africa
- BHP submits initial application for Brazil iron ore mine project
London - Metals Week
BHP Billiton confirmed Tuesday it had made an initial "non-committal" application to develop iron ore mines in Brazil's Minas Gerais state in the area known as the Iron Ore Quadrangle. Go to story...

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Senator Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. discusses her efforts working on legislation to expand government and private-sector programs to save energy are gaining ground in the U.S. Senate.

Don Santa, the president of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America Foundation, discusses where the gas industry is headed, and whether it can get there in time.

David Doniger of the Natural Resources Defense Council and Jeff Holmstead of Bracewell & Giuliani
offer their assessments of whether the Environmental Protection Agency is aiding public health at the expense of the economy.

Platts Associate Editor Brian Scheid explains a new Commodity Futures Trading Commission rule on market fraud and manipulation, and where the agency may use it first.

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