Ameron International Appoints Richard Mueller President of Water Transmission Group

Ameron International Corporation announced the appointment of Richard I. Mueller as Group President of the Water Transmission Group effective January 19, 2009. In his new position, Mueller will report to Gary Wagner, Ameron’s President and Chief Operating Officer. Mueller had been Senior Vice President... Read more..

Avalon Ventures Ltd.: Progress Report on Drilling Results, Resource Estimates, Environmental and Metallurgical Studies for the Lake Zone REE Deposit, Thor Lake, NWT

Avalon Ventures Ltd. provide the following progress report on the 2008 work program on its 100% owned Thor Lake Rare Metals project located near Yellowknife, NWT. The summer drilling program on the Lake Zone Rare Earth Element (”REE”) deposit concluded in September bringing the cumulative... Read more..

China Gengsheng Minerals, Inc. Wins Refractory Supply Contracts with Baosteel

China Gengsheng Minerals, Inc., a materials technology company in China with products capable of withstanding high temperature, saving energy and boosting productivity in certain industries such as steel and oil, today announced that it has signed two refractory supply contracts with Shanghai Baosteel... Read more..

China Gengsheng Minerals, Inc. Announces Sales Price Increase with 9 Steel Industry Customers

China Gengsheng Minerals, Inc., a materials technology company in China with products capable of withstanding high temperature, saving energy and boosting productivity in certain industries such as steel and oil, today announced that it has obtained an average increase of 55% in prices for nine “full-service”... Read more..

Constitution Mining Signs Option to Acquire Large Land Position in the Gold Sands District of Northeastern Peru

Constitution Mining Corp. announces that the company has entered into a Mineral Rights Option Agreement to acquire 382 km2 of strategically positioned mining properties in the developing Gold Sands district of northeastern Peru. Constitution Mining CEO, Dr. Willem Fuchter commented, “We believe... Read more..

Bruker AXS Microanalysis Announces European Launch of Ultra-fast EBSD System, Next-Generation 123 eV Resolution XFlash(R) Silicon Drift Detectors and Advanced Particle Analysis Software at EMC 2008

At the 14th European Microscopy Conference opening today, Bruker AXS Microanalysis announced the European launch of several new products and options for Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) based materials analysis. The innovative new QUANTAX CrystAlignTM system for SEM-based crystallographic analysis... Read more..

China Gengsheng Minerals, Inc. Establishes $1.17 Million Secured Credit Line

China Gengsheng Minerals, Inc., a materials technology company in China with products capable of withstanding high temperature, saving energy and boosting productivity in certain industries such as steel and oil, today announced that it has established a $1.17 million (RMB 8 million) credit line with... Read more..

Nevada Exploration Inc. completes Phase I drilling at Bull Creek project and commences Phase I drilling at Awakening project

Nevada Exploration Inc. announced that it has completed Phase I drilling at its Bull Creek gold project. Drilling at Bull Creek included 17 wide-spaced holes; visual results suggest significant oxidation and alteration; assays are pending. The Company today also announced that it has begun Phase I drilling... Read more..

El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc. Reports Concentrate Samples Shipped to Commercial Lab

El Capitan Precious Metals, Inc. reports that the Company’s metallurgical R&D initiative involving several large composites drill hole samples of the El Capitan deposit have completed key project milestones. The tin collection fusion procedure was performed on two separate drilling composites... Read more..

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

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..