Alcoa announced today that its Kwinana alumina refinery in Australia was recognized for excellence in the Australian mining industry when it was named ‘Minerals Processing Plant of the Year’ at the annual Australian Mining Prospect Awards sponsored by Australian Mining, Australia’s premier mining... Read more..
Alcoa announced that Alcoa Chairman Alain Belda was honored by the Asia Society this week for his environmental leadership, including Alcoa’s progress to reduce GHG emissions and address global warming. In accepting the award, Mr. Belda said, “At Alcoa, we see global warming as the sustainability... Read more..
China Precision Steel, a niche precision steel processing Company principally engaged in producing and selling high precision, cold-rolled steel products, today announced that its market share is expanding as the Company is receiving increased orders from manufacturers in China and Africa. “We... Read more..
Olympus Pacific Minerals Inc. announce that the Company has recorded its highest gold production month during December 2008.The initial three-month trucking and toll treatment trial of ore through the Company’s Bong Mieu plant from its second mining operation at Phuoc Son has proved to be successful... Read more..
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..
Uranium Star Corp. announce it has identified a 21 kilometre trend that hosts significant amounts of vanadium on its Three Horses Property in Madagascar. This north-south trend almost stretches the entire length of the Property. The Company has since verified the existence of a third vanadium trend located... Read more..
Great Basin Gold Ltd. announces that it has signed an agreement with Metallic Ventures Gold Inc, whereby the Company will purchase the Esmeralda processing plant (”Mill”) in Nevada, inclusive of the Esmeralda mine and infrastructure for US$2 million. The Company’s decision to purchase... Read more..
Cardero Resource Corp. provide an update on the Pampa El Toro (PET) iron sands project, located in the Marcona district, Peru. Cardero is currently focusing on two production scenarios for PET iron concentrate, involving near-term iron concentrate production and medium-term pig iron production. The first... Read more..
Böhler Uddeholm AG has acquired Kent, Wash.-based Summerville Steel Company, a privately-held distributor of specialty steel products. Transaction terms were not disclosed. McGladrey Capital Markets LLC (www.mcgladreycm.com) initiated the transaction, led the negotiations and acted as the exclusive... Read more..
Petaquilla Minerals Ltd. provided details of the progress made at its 100% owned Molejon gold mine in central Panama. The Company is now in the final stages of completing its Molejon gold production facility and has scheduled its first test production for the latter part of December 2008. The Company... Read more..