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..

Alcoa Sets Dates for Employee Layoffs at Rockdale Smelter Due to Local Power Issues

Alcoa said it has set dates for the layoff of approximately 300 employees at its Rockdale, Texas, aluminum smelter where the company has idled half of its production. In addition, approximately 100 contract employees will be affected. The plant was partially shut in June 2008 because of ongoing supply... Read more..

Alcoa Contributes to a Sustainable 2008 Beijing Olympics

Alcoa announced today that it is contributing to China’s commitment to a “green” Olympics by providing lightweight aluminum for transportation systems that will be used during the games and including its aluminum composite material on several new venues constructed especially for the 2008 Beijing... Read more..

Pinnacle Mines Ltd. Launches Scoping Review at its Silver Coin Gold Deposit near Stewart, B.C.

Pinnacle Mines Ltd. announce the initiation of a Scoping Review of its majority-owned Silver Coin Gold Project, located in the Stewart Mining Camp of northwestern B.C., Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. is the Company’s JV partner on Silver Coin. As reported in 2007 by Minefill Services Inc., the Silver... Read more..

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Melkior Resources: Drilling Extends Timmins Gold Bearing Structures

Melkior Resources Inc. announce additional assay results for 16 diamond drilling on the 100% owned Timmins West Property in Carscallen Township, Timmins, Ontario. Assay results for 41 out of 48 diamond drill holes have now been received. The best intersections from this set of assays were from TW-08-10-35... Read more..

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Pacific Rim Files Notice of Intent to Seek CAFTA Arbitration

Pac Rim Cayman LLC, a Nevada corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pacific Rim Mining Corp., has filed a Notice of Intent to commence international arbitration proceedings against the Government of El Salvador under the Central America-Dominican Republic-United States of America Free Trade Agreement... Read more..

Freewest Set to Resume Diamond Drilling on Its 100%-Owned McFaulds Property in Northern Ontario

Mackenzie I. Watson, President and CEO of Freewest Resources Canada Inc. announces that diamond drilling is set to resume on the Company’s wholly-owned McFaulds property (the “Property”). The Property, consisting of 4 mineral claims or 1036 hectares, comprises one of three properties... Read more..

Alcoa Features Aluminum Solutions for Building and Construction Industry at Greenbuild 2008

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..

Alcoa Chairman Alain Belda Honored By Asia Society for Environmental Leadership

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..

2008 Proving to be Another Exceptional Exploration Season at Silver Coin

Pinnacle Mines and Mountain Boy Minerals Ltd. are pleased to announce that the 2008 drill program at the Silver Coin gold property near Stewart, BC has produced exceptional results with more on the way. A total of 88 holes were drilled on the property this year and assays have been received for 60 holes... Read more..