Alcoa announced that it is featuring numerous examples of how green buildings start with Alcoa aluminum at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo, which starts today in Boston. The Alcoa booth (#126) provides an overview of the many aluminum products that help the building and construction... Read more..
China Fire & Security Group, Inc., a leading industrial fire protection product and solution provider in China, announced today that the Company has signed two total solution contracts with Anshan Iron & Steel Group Corporation, for a total value of approximately USD$4.4 million. Anshan Iron... Read more..
AuEx Ventures, Inc. report new gold drill intercepts, including hole LC149 returning 80 feet (24.4 meters) at 0.091 ounces per ton (3.12 grams per tonne), and hole LC147 returning 25 feet (7.6 meters) at 0.088 ounces per ton (3.01 grams per tonne) that extends shallow, oxide gold mineralization another... Read more..
Aleris International, Inc. announced that it will be fully idling production at its Richmond, Virginia rolling mill due to the continuing downturn in the North American building and construction industry. Earlier this year, Aleris announced that it idled all production for third parties at the Richmond... Read more..
Centenario Copper Corporation reports on progress at the Franke SX-EW copper project, located in Region II of Chile and the proposed repurchase of a portion of its outstanding copper hedge contracts. Key highlights are as follows: - Franke construction stage substantially complete and pre-commission... 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..
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..
Gerdau Ameristeel, a leading mini-mill steel producer, announced today that it has acquired Metro Recycling, a scrap processor headquartered in Guelph, Ontario. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Metro Recycling is a premier central Ontario recycler with three locations, two in Guelph and the... Read more..
Gold Resource Corporation (GRC) announce results from an internal analysis of delineation drilling at its Arista deposit. The Arista deposit is part of GRC’s 100% owned El Aguila Project in Oaxaca, Mexico. Estimates of in-place mineralized material at the Arista deposit, from Arista and Baja veins... Read more..
GE Commercial Finance Corporate Lending announced a $100 million increase in senior secured financing for Severstal Columbus, a next generation steel mill based in Columbus, MS. This increase in funds brings the total project financing for the company, formerly known as SeverCorr, to $577.5 million.... Read more..