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LONDON, Jan 23- Gold was stuck below a one-month high on Wednesday as progress in talks about the U.S. debt limit reduced gold's appeal as a safe-haven, offsetting monetary easing this week. Recent upbeat data from China and the United States and monetary easing in Japan had triggered rallies in equities and precious metals.
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LONDON, Jan 23- Reuters has released the latest exclusive surveys on the outlook for major traded commodities. >Small gains for copper in 2013 as China's economy slows. >Iron ore loses steam as supply offsets China demand.
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BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, boosted its iron ore output by 3 percent in the December quarter, as it races to supply more of the raw material to Chinese steelmakers despite signs of a softening market.
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*No change in fundamentals, China market quiet- trader. SINGAPORE, Jan 23- Copper edged down on Wednesday, but stayed near its highest in more than a week hit the previous day after the Bank of Japan announced aggressive monetary stimulus, while physical buying in China was quiet ahead of holidays next month.
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The increase was slightly below analysts' forecasts, but the shortfall is unlikely to dent the ever-rising tonnages of Australian iron ore bound for the world's top buyer China, where demand growth is expected to slow this year.
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SINGAPORE, Jan 23- Copper steadied on Wednesday, remaining close to its highest in more than a week hit the previous session after the Bank of Japan announced aggressive monetary stimulus, while physical buying in China was modest ahead of next month's holidays.
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SYDNEY, Jan 23- BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, reported its quarterly iron ore output rose 3 percent, slightly under analysts' estimates, as it races to keep pace with demand from Chinese steelmakers.
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*Deep Space Industries plans in-orbit manufacturing. Deep Space Industries, based in Santa Monica, California, said its inaugural mission is targeted for 2015, when it would send a small hitchhiker spacecraft called "Firefly" on a six-month expedition to survey an as-yet-unidentified asteroid.
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SYDNEY, Jan 23- BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, reported that its quarterly iron ore output rose 3 percent, slightly under analysts' estimates. BHP is one of three mega-iron ore miners along with Brazil's Vale and Rio Tinto that together account for two-thirds of the global seaborne iron ore trade.
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Jan 22- Freeport-McMoRan Copper& Gold Inc's move into energy and gas will place the miner into a heavier weight class of resource companies and offers new opportunities for it to get even bigger, the company said on Tuesday.
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*Over 2 mln barrels booked to Europe in rare arbitrage. *Competes with West African crude in Europe. GENEVA/ LONDON, Jan 22- The United States now gets so much crude from its own shale deposits that Canadian exporters are selling as far afield as Europe, showing how deeply the U.S. energy revolution is transforming global oil flows.
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Jan 22- Copper prices look poised to rise over the long term with few new projects being developed, the chairman of Freeport-McMoRan Copper& Gold Inc said on Tuesday.
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*Over 2 mln barrels booked to Europe in rare arbitrage. *Competes with West African crude in Europe. GENEVA/ LONDON, Jan 22- The United States now gets so much crude from its own shale deposits that Canadian exporters are selling as far afield as Europe, showing how deeply the U.S. energy revolution is transforming global oil flows.
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Jan 22- Freeport-McMoRan Copper& Gold Inc reported a 16 percent rise in fourth-quarter profit Tuesday on higher production of both metals, beating expectations, and forecast increased sales in 2013.. "No big surprises, but then we already had a really big surprise last month, so we've had our fill," analyst Daniel Rohr of Morningstar said of the quarterly results.
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LONDON, Jan 22- Gold prices steadied below $1,690 an ounce on Tuesday as the euro surrendered gains against the dollar and European stocks languished, with buyers frustrated by the metal's inability to break through resistance at $1,695 an ounce.
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Jan 22- Weak demand for paint pigment and solar panel parts eroded DuPont's fourth-quarter profit, with Chief Executive Officer Ellen Kullman tempering expectations for those once-lucrative markets due to "significant challenges." Demand fell most for DuPont's titanium dioxide pigment, which is found in products ranging from car paint to sunscreen.
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LONDON, Jan 22- Gold prices rose above $1,690 an ounce on Tuesday as better-than-expected German economic data lifted the euro versus the dollar, but gains were capped by strong chart resistance and losses in European stocks.
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Jan 22- DuPont, the most valuable U.S. chemical maker, said its fourth-quarter profit had fallen 70 percent, due in part to a steep drop in demand for titanium dioxide paint pigment. The company posted net income of $111 million, or 12 cents per share, down from $373 million, or 40 cents per share, a year earlier.
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*China copper production up by 10.8 pct to 6.1 MT in 2012. *China aluminium output climbs by 13.2 pct to 19.9 MT in 2012.
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*Tropical storm in Australia shuts Rio, BHP, Fortescue iron ore ports. *Second storm on other side of Australia halts zinc shipments. SYDNEY, Jan 22- A tropical storm intensifying off Australia's northwest coast brought nearly half the world's iron ore trade to a halt on Tuesday, closing huge ports used by miners Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.