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The world's output of industrial metals is also expanding, and prices have been dropping for over a year.
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The ever-expanding Chinese economy is straining world-wide demand for industrial metals.
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Taking into account labor, materials, transportation, and energy costs, the chemicals, primary metals, and heavy equipment manufacturing industries stand to benefit most from maintaining or expanding facilities in the U.S. Companies in wood, plastic, and rubber products could also benefit significantly, but their lower net imports might limit their benefits from on-shoring.
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Nonetheless, the output of most metals is still growing much faster than that of oil which is barely expanding at all.
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The firm, which concentrates on trading oil, metals, ores and bulk commodities, may in the future consider floating Puma Energy, its rapidly expanding fuel station business.
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Many markets, including the precious metals, are still feeling the bullish glow in the aftermath of the U.S. Federal Reserve expanding its balance sheet by announcing another round of quantitative easing of monetary policy nicknamed QE3.
FORBES: Gold Near Steady as Bulls Still Glowing in QE3 Aftermath