Itronics Makes Silver Refining Process Discovery Increasing per Melt Bullion Recovery by 40 Percent

Itronics Inc. reported that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Itronics Metallurgical, Inc., has made a silver refining process discovery that increases per melt bullion recovery by 40 percent and reduces the per ounce silver refining cost proportionately. The Company is now implementing the new process into... Read more..

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Itronics Silver-Iron-Zinc-Sulfur Leach Process to Increase Silver Refining Capacity Up to 10 Times and Reduce Costs by Up to 90 Percent

Itronics Inc. reported that its wholly owned subsidiary, Itronics Metallurgical, Inc., has completed pilot leach tests which show that its new process will increase per melt refining capacity by up to 10 times and reduce per ounce refining cost up to 90 percent. Itronics Metallurgical has been working... Read more..

Daleco Resources Corporation Updates Sierra Kaolin Open Pit Clay Mine Project

Gary J. Novinskie, President of Daleco Resources Corporation, announced that Tecumseh Professional Associates, Inc. (Tecumseh), joint venture partner and project manager in conjunction with Daleco’s wholly owned subsidiary, Clean Age Minerals, Inc., has submitted its Environmental Assessment (EA) for... Read more..

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Alcoa and ORKLA ASA Agree to Exchange Equity Stakes

Alcoa announced it has agreed with ORKLA ASA to exchange their stakes in a Norwegian smelting partnership and a Swedish extrusion joint venture in order to focus on their respective areas of expertise and best practices. Alcoa will receive Orkla’s 50 percent stake in Elkem Aluminum ANS while Orkla... Read more..

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

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..

Honeywell Technology Selected to Help Rio Tinto Alcan Increase Alumina Production

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..

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Pacific Rim Suspends Further Drilling in El Salvador Until Mining Permit Granted; Local Staffing Reduced

Pacific Rim Mining Corp. has taken the first steps toward reducing its El Salvador work force in preparation for a slow down in exploration and investment activity on its El Dorado, Santa Rita and Zamora-Cerro Colorado gold projects in El Salvador. As the El Dorado drilling program consumed the bulk... Read more..

Avalon Ventures Ltd.: Summer Drilling Program Produces Best Results to Date From Lake Zone REE Deposit, Thor Lake, NWT

Avalon Ventures Ltd. announce assay results from the final 31 holes drilled in July, August and September, 2008 on the Lake Zone Rare Earth Element (”REE”) deposit on its 100% owned Thor Lake Rare Metals project located near Yellowknife, NWT. These holes were designed to define the southern,... Read more..

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MMX Wins Private Bidding Process for CSN Port Services

MMX Mineração e Metálicos S.A. announces to its shareholders and the market that it has won the private bidding process promoted by Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional for port services to be provided by Terminal de Carga do Porto de Itaguaí, in Itaguaí Municipality, Rio de Janeiro State, which will... Read more..

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

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..