SINGAPORE, May 17- London copper futures edged lower on Friday to remain on course to end a three-week upward streak, undermined by a firmer dollar and indications that demand from top consumer China is unlikely to pick up strongly as Beijing shuns stimulus measures.
*Industry cuts will help lift price above $2,000/ tonne. *China market in balance, little likelihood of exports soon. RUSAL estimates a fifth of global production outside China is loss-making, even with demand expected to grow 6 to 7 percent in 2013..
May 2- Alcoa Inc plans to invest $275 million over three years to boost the capacity of a Tennessee plant to produce aluminum sheet for the automotive industry, the company said on Thursday. Alcoa will expand the facility in Alcoa, Tennessee, and convert some of its can sheet capacity into automotive sheet production.
May 2- Alcoa Inc plans to invest $275 million over three years to boost the capacity of a Tennessee plant to produce aluminum sheet for the automotive industry, the company said on Thursday. Alcoa will expand the facility in Alcoa, Tennessee, and convert some of its can sheet capacity into automotive sheet production.
May 2- Alcoa Inc said on Thursday it would invest $275 million over three years to expand a Tennessee facility, boosting its capacity to produce aluminum sheet for the automotive industry.
May 2- Alcoa Inc said on Thursday it would invest $275 million over three years to expand a Tennessee facility, boosting its capacity to produce aluminum sheet for the automotive industry.
*To further expand North American automotive sheet capacity. *Says $275 million investment in tenn. to capitalize on value-added growth. *Says the Tennessee expansion is scheduled to begin this month and be.
May 1- Alcoa Inc said on Wednesday it could shut down as much as another 11 percent of its aluminum smelting capacity, targeting higher-cost facilities amid weak prices.
May 1- Alcoa Inc said on Wednesday it is considering curtailing its aluminum production, a move that could affect up to 11 percent of its global smelting capacity. The company said it is reviewing 460,000 tonnes of smelting capacity for possible curtailment over the next 15 months. It already has 13 percent of its capacity idled.
*To review 460,000 metric tons of smelting capacity for possible curtailment. *Says currently, the company has 13 percent, or 568,000 metric tons of. *Says review will include facilities across the Alcoa system and will focus on.
*Nickel hits lowest in 3-3/ 4 years after stocks rise to record China manufacturing unexpectedly slows in April. LONDON, May 1- Copper slid on Wednesday, extending its deepest monthly drop in almost a year in April, due to concerns over growth in top metal consumer China and in the United States after data suggested the world's two biggest economies remain fragile.
REYKJAVIK, April 29- The victory in Iceland's election of parties who would spurn the European Union may keep the country isolated by cementing damaging currency controls in place.
NEW YORK, April 28- U.S. companies have easily beaten expectations for first-quarter earnings so far in the reporting season, but nearly half of the members of the S&P 500 are yet to announce results and they are unlikely to be as robust.
*China cuts up to 700,000 tonnes capacity, adds millions more. LONDON, April 15- Aluminium smelters are set to open in China at a faster pace than producers there and worldwide shut loss-making plants to tackle a glut that keeps the metal's prices weak.