Terra Nostra Expects Sustained Copper Demand in China
February 26 2007 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China's trade
deficit in copper is growing and is expected to sustain copper
demand in 2007, analysts with Deutsche Bank indicated in a recent
commodities report. China imported 111,159 metric tonnes (MT) of
copper last December 2006, the highest monthly level of last year,
increasing 40.68% from November 2006 and 41.28% from the same
period of 2005. DB analysts acknowledge that while it may take some
time to confirm the transition in China's copper market,
indications are for a strong resurgence. Terra Nostra (OTC:TNRO)
(BULLETIN BOARD: TNRO) anticipates that with the settling of prices
from the peaks experienced in 2006, the Company will be ideally
positioned to assist in meeting this resurgent demand domestically,
particularly as it prepares to ramp up additional new electrolytic
copper facilities in China. Terra Nostra, with its majority joint
venture stake in 170,000 MT of existing and under-construction
capacity of electrolytic copper in China, is cost-effectively
positioned to substitute copper imports with domestically produced
electrolytic copper. About Terra Nostra Resources Corporation Terra
Nostra is one of the leading copper producers in China through its
51% interest in Shandong Terra Nostra Jinpeng Metallurgical Co.
Ltd., which has an existing and under construction production
capacity of 170,000 MT of electrolytic copper, 20,000 MT of
low-oxygen copper, and value-added copper rod and wire facilities.
Terra Nostra is also emerging as a leading stainless steel producer
in China through its 51% interest in Shandong Quanxin Stainless
Steel Co. Ltd., a modern stainless steel production facility that
commenced operations in early 2006 with a now expanded 230,000 MT
casting mill, and a recently commissioned 150,000 MT rolling mill.
The two joint venture companies, with total assets exceeding US$
200 million and having over 800 employees, are located in the
highly industrialized coastal province of Shandong, midway between
Beijing and Shanghai. More information on Terra Nostra can be found
at http://www.tnr-corp.com/, or call 1-866-626-0088. Forward
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herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including
statements with respect to expectations concerning (i) projects
underway or under consideration, including production capacity and
completion schedules; (ii) business and future potential of Terra
Nostra Resources Corporation ("TNR"); (iii) estimates or
implications of future earnings, profits, EBIDTA, and the
sensitivity of earnings to metals prices; (iv) estimates of future
metals production, sales and profitability; (v) estimates of future
cash flows, and the sensitivity of cash flows to the other metals
and ore costs as well as, but not limited to, fluctuations in fuel
prices, scrap prices, and the availability of both, are all
forward- looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor"
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Further risks, uncertainties and other factors, which affect the
forward-looking statements included herein, and could cause actual
results to differ materially from future results expressed,
projected or implied by such forward-looking statements include,
but are not limited to, completion of TNR's capital contributions
to the joint venture companies, working capital financing, metals
price volatility, competition for projects, reserve acquisition
costs, currency fluctuations, international economic uncertainty,
sovereign risk, force majeure, changes in tax law or concession
law, project scheduling delays, labor disputes, increased
production costs and variances in ore grade, scrap grade or
recovery rates from those assumed in production plans, political
and operational risks in the countries in which TNR may operate and
governmental regulation and judicial outcomes, and other risks
detailed from time to time in TNR's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended November, 2006. Copies of each filing may be
obtained from TNR or the SEC. Furthermore, metals operation, by
their very nature, entail cyclical, sectoral, and commodity risk
and could expose an investor to the entire loss of all capital
invested. TNR does not undertake any obligation to publicly release
any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events
or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events, except as may be required under
applicable securities laws. DATASOURCE: Terra Nostra Resources
Corporation CONTACT: Terra Nostra Resources Corporation, IR
Contact, 1-866-626-0088 Web site: http://www.tnr-corp.com/
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