Conversely, Brazil, the top producer of higher grade ores, stands to benefit, as does South Africa, another producer of higher grade ore and the third-biggest exporter to China.
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A second gun, made from a higher grade resin, stayed intact.
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It plays out as if on Imax, or simply higher-grade film stock.
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West Pilbara Fines are produced by blending higher-grade ores with lower-quality ores.
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Nucor is also building more plants to prepare for higher grade steels, he added.
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Inmates, they said, often have a higher grade-point average than traditional college students.
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But unions said the pay rise promised to higher grade workers was much smaller.
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Funds focused on higher-grade corporate bonds took in $1.3 billion, according to Lipper.
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By the 1990s, American companies started sending more technical work, higher-grade equipment, laboratories.
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Fortescue has been hit by falling prices for its lower grade iron ore as Chinese steel mills have turned to higher-grade, less-polluting iron ore, but it is clamping down on costs and aiming to grow margins with a new, higher grade product.
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Traders put the strength in iron ore futures down to improved demand for higher grade ores.
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Wilkins said the change would deliver higher-grade soybeans to Chinese buyers without requiring a premium price.
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Similarly, as old mines run dry, BHP and Rio Tinto are replacing them with higher grade operations.
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If one of my friends gets a higher grade than me, of course, I would feel envy.
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Rural applicants also tended to have higher grade-point averages but lower scores on medical school exams.
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But that production is limited because it has higher-grade materials, so that'll be a nice feeling, too.
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The West African country also lacks facilities to transform those reserves into higher-grade and more lucrative alumina.
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Its copper output, however, will rise due to processing of copper concentrate and higher grade of copper in ore.
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China's switch to using higher-grade iron ore in its blast furnaces is seemingly built around three main factors.
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The benchmark for college readiness is a 75 percent probability of attaining a C or higher grade in college.
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But he noted the miner will continue to increase output of higher grade ore to meet increasing demand in China.
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With leathery hands, miners at small-scale operations across the Atacama are painstakingly picking out rocks that contain higher-grade ore.
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Investing in a higher-grade fixture may cost more up front, but it could save you money in the long term.
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If you're looking for a princess-cut diamond, go for a slightly higher grade in color, an H or I diamond.
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Bristol's Opdivo and Yervoy combination showed a lower rate of higher-grade safety events than chemotherapy, at 31 percent versus 36 percent.
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The miner has since looked to clamp down on costs and is aiming to grow margins with a new, higher grade product.
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What they don't want you to know is that you can actually manipulate their software into giving your resume a higher grade.
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Fortescue, meanwhile, has been ramping up production of its higher grade products as customers seek to use better quality ore to lower emissions.
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However, there are other Rabbit-style vibrators that are made from higher-grade materials, such as silicone, which would be safer to share.
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Certainly, recent months have seen widening premiums for higher-grade iron ore and traders have reported mills have been preferring quality over quantity.
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The policy has contributed to the third factor driving the switch to higher grade ore, namely that mills are enjoying strong profit margins.
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About 25.4 percent of Australian supplies shipped to China are coking coal used to make steel, the rest being higher-grade thermal coal.
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These students have higher grade-point averages and standardized test scores, and lower dropout rates, and they reap these benefits regardless of socioeconomic status.
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The S&P and HYG tend to move in tandem; high-yield "junk bonds" often trade more like equities than higher-grade Treasury bonds.
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Prices for Fortescue's ore fell over the quarter as China switched to higher-grade, less-polluting iron ore to reduce smog this past winter.
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Ledgers were falsified too, he said, to make it appear as though the authority had actually bought the higher-grade oil, which cost more.
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This may well force steel mills to continue to use higher grade ore, even if it would be cheaper to switch to lower quality.
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China's demand for higher grade ore is returning as profit margins at steel mills have risen in recent weeks because of increasing steel demand.
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And, according to Stephanie Nelson of The Coupon Mom via GoBankingRates, the meat is typically a higher grade than what is available at supermarkets.
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If a card had what he believed was a low grade, he would ask for a re-evaluation, which often produced a higher grade.
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Clinton: B- Trump: F * If he could have been more honest, even with all his problems, I was prepared to give him a higher grade.
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Noel spent the next few episodes harassing Aria and Fitz by leaving them threatening messages and trying to blackmail Mr. Fitz into a higher grade.
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"We are going to see steel mills continue to pay very high premiums for higher grade iron ores to try and increase production," Power said.
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The overhaul proposes to move part of the mine underground where miners can access higher-grade copper and also, reduce environmental impact, the company said.
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There are different types of carbonate, with lower-grade material for the ceramics and glass industries, for instance, while higher-grade material used in batteries.
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The outperformance of higher grade iron ore does confirm that China's steel mills have been using better quality ore to maximise output and lower emissions.
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The Basel Committee of banking regulators from the world's main financial centres said it has updated its rules for securitisation to favour higher grade issuance.
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"The challenge for FMG will be balancing plans for a better product mix (higher grade/lower discount) with likely cost inflation over time," RBC said.
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Higher grade 95 octane fuel rose by 16.1% to 9 Egyptian pounds ($0.5428) a litre, and diesel rose by 22.7% to 6.75 pounds per litre.
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Higher grade 13 octane fuel rose by 16.1% to 9 Egyptian pounds ($0.5428) a litre, and diesel rose by 22.7% to 6.75 pounds per litre.
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One suggestion is that it reflects importers' increasing focus on higher-grade scrap as they position themselves for possible regulatory changes in China next year.
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The development is part of the world's No.4 iron ore miner's plan to boost margins through higher grade products, Fortescue said in a statement.
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It also found that students in collegiate recovery programs tend to have higher grade-point averages and graduation rates than other students at their schools.
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However, he said Vale is aiming to keep its total production at around 400 million tonnes, replacing low-quality iron ore with higher-grade material.
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Iranian scientists are enriching uranium at a higher grade and reinstalling more technologically advanced centrifuge machines, activity they had ceased when the deal was intact.
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The Indian central bank's decision to relax offshore borrowing rules also boosted the sale of junk bonds and higher-grade dollar debt by Indian issuers.
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The Summit's reason for being is that it's made of a higher grade of materials and with more care and expertise than the typical LG alternative.
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NCFMc1 The company said it received an average of $100 a ton for its higher-grade thermal coal, up from $98 per ton a year earlier.
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Fortescue has been hit by falling prices for its lower grade iron ore as Chinese steel mills have turned to higher-grade, less-polluting iron ore.
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The miner said it expected to deliver between 5 million and 10 million tonnes of the higher grade ore during the second half of fiscal 2019.
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Likewise, ANGL's bonds - higher-grade than HYG's - are more likely to lose value if spreads between U.S. Treasuries and junk bond yields widen, FactSet statistics showed.
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With Chinese refineries maximizing production of 10ppm sulphur diesel to meet newly introduced domestic fuel quality standards, exports of diesel are increasingly also becoming higher-grade.
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He said ledgers were falsified to make it seem as if the authority had bought higher-grade oil and the higher price was passed on to consumers.
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The company estimated on March 3 an initial resource at its Arrow deposit in northern Saskatchewan of 202 million pounds, much larger and higher-grade than expected.
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Precisely the sort of material that is being used less by China's steel producers as they favor higher-grade ore to maximize efficiencies and reduce environmental emissions.
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School officials say the classes are the same ones offered outside the prisons and the inmates often have a higher grade-point average than traditional college students.
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Whitehaven plans to increase its output of higher-grade coal to benefit from higher prices compared with other grades, because the higher quality fuel is less polluting.
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This means the steel-making ingredient has lost about 11.7 percent so far this year, although it should be noted that higher grade ore has performed better.
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Precisely the sort of material that is being used less by China's steel producers as they favour higher-grade ore to maximise efficiencies and reduce environmental emissions.
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Thirdly, they can keep production steady using higher-grade ores, but they will likely have to enter into bidding wars against each other to secure sufficient supply.
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Even when doctors try a higher-grade antibiotic to treat such illnesses, the outcome may be further drug resistance -- and a longer-lasting infection for the patient.
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Pinterest would've received a much higher grade if it made all of that clear on the website, instead of forcing me to talk to a company representative.
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Lengkey said domestic smelters are asking for higher grade nickel ores and pay low price for low grade nickel ore, below the government's benchmark mineral price for nickel.
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Higher-grade products allowed it to get 230% of the premium 22019% Platts benchmark, up from 87% in June and from 67% in the same quarter last year.
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It sells CDs that are made out of SHM, or "super high material," which is believed to be of higher grade audio quality and only available in Japan.
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While weaker margins had spurred appetite among Chinese mills for cheaper, lower grade iron ore, ANZ said Beijing's environmental campaign should still support demand for higher grade ore.
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In addition, in a sample of over a thousand high school students, those with higher scores on gratitude had higher grade point averages, life satisfaction and social connections.
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Officials say that on average, female cadets maintain a higher grade-point average and are more likely to graduate then males; 75 percent of women go the distance.
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So when it came time to take the next exam, I would think back to that moment, and remember what it is that I want: the higher grade.
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Brazil, which is the main supplier of higher-grade iron ore, hasn't been able to increase its share of China's seaborne iron ore market, according to the shipping data.
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The higher grade of panels and bulbs offer brighter, bolder colors than Samsung's LED TVs, along with little to no motion blur and improved HDR for blacks and whites.
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Higher-grade euro zone government bond yields were mostly flat on the day, with the yield on Germany's 10-year government bond, the region's benchmark, unchanged at 0.53 percent.
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Its miners sell almost exclusively to the ceramics industry and are only now gearing up to produce the higher-grade lithium that is used in electric cars and electronics.
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A discreet lobbying campaign is building momentum within the country to try to reclassify higher-grade copper scrap as a way of removing it from the "garbage" hit-list.
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The funds will be used to keep prices of RON95 gasoline and diesel at fixed prices, while the higher grade RON97 gasoline will be floated on a weekly basis.
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The second option of continuing to use higher grade ores, but lowering output, is unlikely to appeal to steel mills given the recovery in steel prices, which encourages production.
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RBC Capital Markets analyst Stephen Walker said he expects Barrick to modify its development plan, to access higher-grade ore on the Chilean side of the project via Argentina.
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But there was no difference between the groups in time to progression to higher grade tumors as measured by increases in prostate specific antigen levels or by repeated biopsy.
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Spot iron ore has rallied 23.2 percent this year as surging coal prices prompted Chinese steel mills to use higher grade ore to boost efficiency and consume lesser coal.
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Now, in response, Tehran says that it will exceed the limits that the deal placed on its nuclear program, starting with the enrichment of a higher grade of uranium.
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Gold output dropped 13 percent to 104,899 ounces during the quarter, due to problems preventing access to higher-grade ore at the North Mara Gokona underground mine, the company said.
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AMD's R9 M470X graphics chip is an immediate upgrade option from the built-in Intel graphics, and after a while Dell promises to also offer the higher-grade R9 M485X.
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Iron ore with 58% content for delivery to China , as assessed by commodity price reporting agency Argus, has narrowed the gap on higher grade 62% ore.
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While this data is subject to revision, due to the timing of vessels arriving and discharging their cargoes, it still points to strong Chinese demand for higher-grade iron ore.
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If the current market consensus is correct that China's shift to higher grade iron ore is structural, it becomes apparent that these three factors will also have to be structural.
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Edwin Lyman, a nuclear expert at the Washington-based Union of Concerned Scientists, said developing a reactor suited for higher-grade nuclear vessel fuel would take at least a decade.
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He and his colleagues at Johns Hopkins proposed a grading system to make it clear that Gleason 6 cells are less frightening than higher-grade tumors, but not necessarily benign.
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Iron ore with 58% content for delivery to China MT-IO-QIN58=ARG, as assessed by commodity price reporting agency Argus, has narrowed the gap on higher grade 62% ore.
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Somewhat surprisingly, despite Vale being the biggest producer of higher-grade material, 65-percent iron ore has slightly underperformed, gaining only 17 percent to close at $104.35 a tonne on Monday.
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"This is due to management's decision to ship more higher-grade nickel ore to take advantage of better prices," it said on Wednesday in a statement accompanying its quarterly financial results.
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Ratkovich, of Penn, said Penn ATP World Tour and Pro Penn Marathon balls had a higher grade of felt and a stronger rubber core for players with more power and spin.
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"Moving forward we expect to see about 5% of FMG China sales being transacted by this channel," Gaines said, adding that she expects strong demand for higher grade concentrate going forward.
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The spike in risk pushed down yields on higher-grade euro zone government bonds, with Germany's 10-year bond yield, the benchmark for the region, down six bps at 0.467 percent.
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Analysts are broadly in agreement that this will affect something like 300,000 tonnes of contained metal, with the net effect offset by imports of higher-grade material and more domestic recycling.
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For his part, James N. Reardon, CFP and chief investment officer of ProActive Capital Management, especially likes using bond ladders of higher-grade U.S. corporates, employing real non-callable bonds when practical.
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There is a wealth of data demonstrating an association between physical activity and cognitive function; active kids perform better on standardized tests and have higher grade-point averages than less-active peers.
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China's anti-pollution campaign has forced steelmakers in the world's top producer to shift to higher grade iron ore to curb emissions, in a boon for top supplier, Brazilian mining giant Vale.
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Overall, Munster said, he grades Netflix's third quarter at a C+. "The stock reaction would suggest a higher grade, but ultimately, this trend is there is some cautionary tales here," he said.
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The pollution control measures may also result in mills shifting to higher-grade iron ore in a bid to maximize the amount of steel produced for each tonne of the raw material.
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With the U.S. yield curve from the front end to five years inverted in anticipation of imminent rate cuts, a lot of higher-grade emerging-market dollar bonds carry effectively a negative yield.
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Improving profits have allowed steel mills to boost production by employing higher grade iron ore as a feedstock, which has the added benefit of requiring less coking coal per unit of steel produced.
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In fact, another woman who was hired as a math consultant – the same job as Rizo - in 2012 entered the system at a higher grade than at least one of Rizo's male colleagues.
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The marketing board plans to halt distribution of higher-grade seeds and plants by chocolate makers, including Mars and Nestle, that develop hybrid species that they pass on to farmers to increase yields.
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Fortescue has been attempting to shore up demand by moving to produce higher grade iron ore, given that its lower grade products had fallen out of favor with Chinese buyers facing environmental restrictions.
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In this scenario it's likely that steel mills will seek higher-grade iron ores, such as ore with 216.36 percent iron content and above, while lower grade material will become more deeply discounted.
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This means the price of higher-grade ore is currently 583 percent above the medium-grade, which is a substantial widening from the 19 percent premium that prevailed at the end of last year.
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Overall, the current pricing in the market suggests that supplies of higher-grade iron ore remain tight, but low-grade cargoes are still finding buyers, and the discount has settled into a new range.
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"With the open pit now into higher grade sectors and operations across the mine performing well, we look forward to a strong second half of the year," CEO Andrew Pardey said in a statement.
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Beijing has ordered steel mills to modernize or shut down in order to clean up the country's air, leading to greater demand for higher grade ore that produce fewer emissions when processed into steel.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese steel mills facing a slump in profit margins are scrambling for lower grade iron ore to cut costs, squeezing supplies and halting a long-standing market trend toward higher grade ore.
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SiteLock wrote that Trump would have received a higher grade had Trump International Hotels not been involved in three data breaches between 2016 and 2017 and if cybersecurity was part of his 2020 platform.
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Fortescue Metals Group, the world's fourth-largest iron ore producer, is aiming to start producing higher-grade iron ore as well from December as it addresses the widening discount for its lower grade material.
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Fortescue Chief Executive Elizabeth Gaines said the company's customers were seeking longer term contracts for its mostly 58-percent grade iron ore as mills rein in costs by mixing it with higher grade material.
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AGA research found that 90 percent of students who take a structured gap year return to school within a year, and are more likely to graduate on time and with a higher grade-point average.
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But as profit margins contract for steel mills, the economics are likely to switch, with higher-grade ores losing out to medium and lower grade material as input costs trump the need to maximise output.
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Somewhat surprisingly, despite Vale being the biggest producer of higher-grade material, 65-percent iron ore MT-IO-QIN65=ARG has slightly underperformed, gaining only 17 percent to close at $104.35 a tonne on Monday.
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The price of higher-grade "bare bright" scrap, for example, flexed out from flat with CME copper in June 2016 to a 10-cent per lb discount in February 2017, according to S&P Global Platts.
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I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race... has come in and taken their place.
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The students who took the online course did significantly better in all aspects of the Common Core assessments, and they also scored higher grade point averages in math, science and English -- just from taking that online course.
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Whatever ends up being the case, the likelihood is that steel mills will seek to use higher-grade iron ore in order to produce the most amount of steel from whatever capacity they are allowed to use.
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The first is the need to reduce air pollution, which encourages steel mills to use the higher grade ores as they require less coking coal in order to be turned into pig iron and then crude steel.
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South Africa, the third-biggest supplier to China behind Australia and Brazil, is unlikely to add significant volumes to the seaborne market because of capacity constraints, although its higher-grade iron ore would likely find willing buyers.
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The Nagapattinam plant operated by IOC's subsidiary Chennai Petroleum Corp requires a complete overhaul to produce the cleaner, higher grade fuels needed to meet rising demand in southern India, said B. Ashok, chairman of the two firms.
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With foreign material still the best option, companies hoped moving to countries like Malaysia and Thailand would enable them to deliver processed foreign scrap to China in a higher-grade form, but their shipments have faced delays.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned on Wednesday that Tehran could resume enrichment at a higher grade if the European powers, China and Russia did not do more to circumvent U.S. sanctions on banking and energy to boost trade.
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Refining margins are expected to remain strong in the long term due to strong demand for gasoline and diesel as well as a switch to higher-grade bunker fuels after 2020, Brown said at the Oil & Money conference.
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Steel executives say the demand shift in the top ore market will mean declining purchases of low-grade supplies and greater demand for pelletised ore of a higher grade - with potentially major implications for ore exporters in Australia.
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But labor leaders said many workers still would not benefit as they did not receive appointment letters when hired and never knew what grade they belonged to, meaning they could not secure their claims to higher grade jobs.
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And while the scooter will have higher-grade batteries, Ho says that customers haven't been asking that they be detachable so they can be replaced, adding that it can make scooters a target for theft as batteries are valuable.
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But it's also likely that higher-grade coal from suppliers such as Australia will see increased demand, especially if China does halt imports from its neighbor North Korea as part of international efforts to contain the isolated state's nuclear weapons program.
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In the case of copper, the idea is to perform dismantling work overseas on Category 7 scrap procured from countries like the United States and convert it into higher-grade material that would not be subject to China's new import restrictions.
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But it's also likely that higher-grade coal from suppliers such as Australia will see increased demand, especially if China does halt imports from its neighbour North Korea as part of international efforts to contain the isolated state's nuclear weapons programme.
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Power told reporters a drive in China to reduce steel mill activity over the winter to fight pollution was pushing mills there to import higher-grade ores than the 113 percent grade Fortescue mines, paying premiums for the higher-quality metal.
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That would seem to fly in the face of the market view that winter should lead to stronger demand for higher-grade ore, given that the last year the poorer quality grades actually closed the gap on the top-quality ore.
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Some of this is catch-up from a poor performance last year, when Fortescue struggled because the lower quality iron ore it mainly produces was out of favor as Chinese steel mills preferred higher grade ore in order to maximize output.
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There's not too much sign of this yet, although the spot price of 58 percent iron ore MT-IO-QIN58=ARG, as assessed by Argus Media, has somewhat outperformed the higher grade 62 percent ore in the recent price decline.
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The third of option of paying whatever it takes in order to secure supplies of higher-grade iron ore will only work if profit margins remain strong, and this will need steel prices to rise in tandem with iron ore prices.
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Top nickel producer Indonesia, though, has been ramping up shipments to China after lifting a ban on metal exports in 2017, with Chinese buyers preferring the higher-grade Indonesian ore, said Nickel Asia Senior Vice President and CFO Emmanuel Samson.
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What the pricing shows is the premium for the higher-grade iron ore has been widening over mid- and low-quality - a trend that may accelerate if China does indeed produce less steel this winter than it did last winter.
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DALIAN, China (Reuters) - Mining giant Vale is looking at expanding its flagship iron ore project in Brazil, a company official said, hoping to cash in on a growing appetite for higher-grade varieties of the commodity in its top market China.
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In June, BHP gave the go-ahead for a $2.9 billion spend on its huge South Flank iron ore expansion, while Fortescue said in May it would spend $1.28 billion to build up its higher grade Eliwana project also in the Pilbara.
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Details: This scandal began after two online collectors tracked hundreds of cards as they were (1) graded by an appraisal firm, (2) obtained by a "card doctor," (3) altered and resubmitted for a higher grade, and then (4) sold through an auction house.
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This is a logical function of Beijing's push to lower air pollution, as higher-grade ores require less coking coal in the blast furnace, and also don't require the pre-blast furnace upgrading needed if a steel mill is using lower grade ore.
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"I would give him a higher grade if he would lead by example and if he would sometimes roll his sleeves up and force some action, and I think he's going to have to do that to get tax reform passed," he explained.
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Medium-grade THC can cost $103,000 a kilo and higher-grade THC costs double that, but additives may cost pennies on the dollar, said Chip Paul, a longtime vaping entrepreneur in Oklahoma who led the state's drive to legalize medical marijuana there.
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The argument I try to make in the Nation piece is that if we set that aside and consider some of the other aspects of his approach to foreign policy, then potentially I think he's going to end up with a much higher grade.
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The president's calculations have totally backfired; Iran is responding to what it regards as a US-orchestrated "economic war" not by throwing up its arms and capitulating, but by sabotaging oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and slowly enriching more (and slightly higher-grade) uranium.
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The mined copper decline followed a 43-day strike at Rio's Escondida mine in Chile in the first quarter and a 22 percent drop in output from the Oyu Tolgoi open pit mine in Mongolia as sources of higher grade ore were fully depleted.
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" Referring to whites, he added: "I do not admit that a wrong has been done to these people by the fact that a stronger race, a higher-grade race, a more worldly wise race to put it that way, has come in and taken their place.
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This has resulted in the price for higher grade ore outperforming in recent months, with Argus Media assessing 65 percent ore in China MT-IO-QIN65=ARG at $88.55 a tonne on Tuesday, a premium of $22.90 a tonne to the 62 percent grade MT-IO-QIN62=ARG.
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Relocating plants to the coast, with stricter environmental requirements, means up to 18.673% of China's more-than-a-billion-tonne annual ore demand will shift from lower- to higher-grade ores within coming years, according to industry sources and a Reuters analysis of official import and production statistics.
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The transport and environment ministries are considering proposals that include replacing vehicles with more modern trucks using a higher grade of diesel called National Five, and using electric trucks or ones that run on liquefied natural gas (LNG), an industry source, who is involved in the discussions, said.
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"The mine and associated processing and port facilities will replace production from Rio Tinto's depleting East Weipa mine and increase annual bauxite export capacity by around 10 million tonnes, at a time when higher grade bauxite is becoming scarcer globally," Rio Chief Executive JS Jacques said in a statement.
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The Appellate Division in Manhattan ruled unanimously that a lower court judge erred in dismissing claims that the defendants from 2009 to 2013 blended "waste oil" into the higher-grade heating oil that residential and commercial building owners in and around New York City had contracted to buy.
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The latest assessment from the conservative think tank has a higher grade than any of the six previous indexes, but it also a clear indication that there is more work to be done as the Pentagon works to build a much more ready, reliable, and capable force worn down from two decades of war in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.
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The Sinaloa Cartel controls most of the heroin production, and the organization has started to move from producing lower-quality "black tar" heroin to higher-grade "China white," which is more lucrative and prized by consumers in the northeastern US. For years, Colombia was the leading supplier of "China white" in the US, but poppy production has steadily declined in the country over the last half-decade.
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Even larger firms such as PT Adaro Energy, Berau Coal Energy and PT Bukit Asam may have to cut jobs and output once long-term supply contracts to India expire, analysts say - though they are better placed as they have lower mining costs, investments in other businesses like power generation and are able to supply the higher grade, low-ash coal that India's coastal plants rely on.
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