Alcoa Recognized for Innovation and Excellence for Carbon Capture Technology

October 29, 2008 Category: Aluminium

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 Chairman Alain Belda Honored By Asia Society for Environmental Leadership

November 14, 2008 Category: Aluminium

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..

BacTech Partners With University of Toronto Researchers to Advance Its Bioleaching Technology

December 17, 2008 Category: Gold, Silver

BacTech Mining Corporation announce that is has begun working with University of Toronto researchers, Dr. Grant Ferris and Dr. Chris Kennedy. Dr. Ferris, a Professor in the University’s Department of Geology, is also the Director of the Microbial Geochemistry Laboratory (”MGL”), with... Read more..

China Precision Steel Increasing Market Share of High-Precision Cold-Rolled Steel

October 21, 2008 Category: Steel & Iron

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..

Sutor Technology Group Limited Announces Patent Approval For Its Bakeoven Renovation In PPGI Production Line

October 17, 2008 Category: Steel & Iron

Sutor Technology Group Limited, a leading provider of steel finishing fabrication products in China, today announced that it has received patent approval for bakeoven renovation in PPGI production line from the State Intellectual Property Office of China. The patent technology is expected to save energy,... Read more..

Silver Dragon Commissions Beijing Ten-star Technology Ltd. for Development of Its Erbahuo Silver Project

October 2, 2008 Category: Silver, Vanadium

Silver Dragon Resources Inc. announce that it has engaged Beijing Ten-star Technology Ltd., a Chinese project management and consulting service provider, for a feasibility study on project development of the Erbahuo silver mine, which is Silver Dragon’s flagship property in northern China. Silver... Read more..

Positive Metal Recoveries Predicted for Seabridge Gold’s KSM Project

September 8, 2008 Category: Gold, Mining Companies

Metallurgical test work for Seabridge Gold’s 100% owned KSM Project predicts gold recoveries averaging 77.4% and copper recoveries averaging 84.8% at a concentrate grade of 25% copper. The results of the test work will be incorporated into the Preliminary Assessment scheduled for completion later... Read more..

Honeywell Technology Selected to Help Rio Tinto Alcan Increase Alumina Production

September 2, 2008 Category: Aluminium, Lead, Steel & Iron

Honeywell’s Process Solutions business has been selected to upgrade and expand process control systems at Rio Tinto Alcan’s Yarwun alumina refinery in Queensland, Australia. This project is part of the Yarwun Refinery expansion, which will increase smelter-grade alumina production at the... Read more..

Gemini Explorations, Inc. Announces Plans for More Extensive Sampling in New Mineralization Zone at La Tapata Gold Mine

August 28, 2008 Category: Copper, Gold, Lead, Mining Companies, Nickel

Gemini Explorations, Inc. announced that during the month of September the company will be conducting an expanded sampling program in the new mineralization zone at its La Tapata Gold Mine. Gemini will be using this data to gain a more accurate determination of the potential extent and economic value... Read more..

Novelis Appoints Tadeu Nardocci to Lead Global Innovation, Technology and Strategy

August 27, 2008 Category: Aluminium, Lead

Novelis Inc. today announced that Antonio Tadeu Coelho Nardocci has been appointed to the newly created position of Senior Vice President — Innovation, Technology and Strategy. Mr. Nardocci was previously Senior Vice President and President of Novelis South America, the company’s operating... Read more..

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