Leading Steel Manufacturer ThyssenKrupp Selects Xtralis VESDA Aspirating Smoke Detection Solution to Enhance Fire Safety at Largest Steel Plant in Brazil

December 9, 2008 Category: Steel & Iron

Xtralis, a leading provider of intelligent fire detection and security solutions, announced that its VESDA Aspirating Smoke Detection (ASD) system was chosen by ThyssenKrupp Steel, one of the world’s largest steel producers, to enhance fire safety at its new production plant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.... Read more..

Olin Corporation; Vince J. Smith Elected to Olin’s Board of Directors

July 29, 2008 Category: Copper

Olin Corporation is reported to have announced that Vince J. Smith, 59, was elected by its board of directors to serve on Olin’s board, effective August 21, 2008. Mr. Smith served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Dow Chemical Canada, a subsidiary of The Dow Chemical Company, from 2001 until... Read more..

Eaton Steel Bar Company Engineers Business Efficiency with Esker DeliveryWare

January 20, 2009 Category: Steel & Iron

Esker, the leader in document process automation solutions, announced that Eaton Steel Bar Company, a leader in steel product distribution and processing, has implemented Esker DeliveryWare to automate inbound routing of fax documents and outbound delivery of purchase orders and product specifications.... Read more..

Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation Announces Corporate Restructuring to Reduce Costs, Improve Efficiency and Conserve Liquidity

December 5, 2008 Category: Aluminium

Noranda Aluminum Holding Corporation today announced a company-wide workforce and business process restructuring that will reduce Noranda’s operating costs, conserve liquidity and improve operating efficiencies. This restructuring is expected to generate cash cost savings and operating efficiencies... Read more..

Portage Assigns Option of Golden Mile Property

November 26, 2008 Category: Gold, Mining Companies

Portage Minerals Inc.announces that it has entered into an option agreement with Nebu Resources Inc. whereby Portage has agreed to sell and assign its option to earn a 70% interest in 5 patented and 19 unpatented mineral leases located in Mineral County, Nevada. In order for Nebu Resources to exercise... Read more..

Maximus and NFX Announce Completion of Business Combination, Name Change to Bear Lake Gold Ltd. and Anticipated Share Consolidation

September 17, 2008 Category: Mining Companies, Mining Stock

Maximus Ventures Ltd. and NFX Gold Inc. announce that the acquisition by NFX of all of the issued shares of Maximus by way of plan of arrangement was approved by the Supreme Court of British Columbia on September 15, 2008 and closed today, with an effective date of September 16, 2008. As part of the... Read more..

Rusoro Completes Landmark Agreements With Venezuelan Government to Custom Mill Ore for Minerven and Officially Process Ore for the Isidora Mine JV

September 6, 2008 Category: Gold, Mining Companies

Rusoro Mining announce that it has formally completed landmark agreements with MIBAM to custom mill ore from various MINERVEN operations in the El Callao District and to officially begin processing the ore being developed at the Isidora Mine. - A series of contracts will allow Rusoro to process ore at... Read more..

Maximus and NFX Report More High-Grade Results From the Bear Lake Gold Zone at Larder Lake

September 4, 2008 Category: Gold, Mining Companies, Mining Stock

Maximus Ventures Ltd. report new results from the follow-up drilling program on the Bear Lake gold zone of the Larder Lake Property located in northeastern Ontario. Hole #49 intersected, at 750 meters vertical depth, 9.5 meters of carbonate-type mineralization grading 19.4 g/t gold, including a section... Read more..

Scorpio Gold Corporation signs letter of intent with Cincoro Capital Corp. for qualifying transaction

August 6, 2008 Category: Gold, Lead, Mining Companies, Silver

Scorpio Mining Corporation is pleased to announce that Scorpio Gold Corporation (”Scorpio Gold”) a 93.5% owned private subsidiary of Scorpio Mining, which holds certain gold assets in Nova Scotia and Quebec, has signed a Letter of Intent (”LOI”) with Cincoro Gold Corp. (”Cincoro”,... Read more..

Silverado Receives Encouraging Preliminary 2008 Drill Results at Nolan Creek

July 21, 2008 Category: Gold, Mining Companies

Silverado Gold Mines Ltd. SLGLF OTCBB, SLGL Frankfurt, www.silverado.com, announces today that it has completed 16 drill holes totaling 4,823 ft. as part of its 2008 exploration drilling at Workman’s Bench, the Company’s prime exploration target on its Nolan Creek property. This year’s... Read more..

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