Mining & Metals News
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St. Elias Mines Ltd. Grants Options to Downtown Industries Ltd. to Acquire Interest in the South Rim Project, British Columbia
(“St. Elias”), is pleased to announce that it has entered into an letter agreement (the “Letter Agreement”) with Downtown Industries Ltd. (“Downtown”) whereby Downtown has agreed to acquire up to an undivided 75% interest in the South Rim Project (the "Property") located in central British Columbia. - October 26, 2010 - St. Elias Mines
Lucky Strike Arranges $900,000 Private Placement; Proceed to Acquire Changyun Coal Mine in China
Lucky Strike Resources Ltd. (TSX.V-LKY), (the “Company”) is pleased to announce today it has cancelled the non-brokered private placement contemplated and described in the press release dated September 22, 2010, and replaced it with another proposed non-brokered private placement for a... - October 26, 2010 - Lucky Strike Resources Ltd
Wolverine Machine Products Opening Their Doors at Their Facility and at an Expo
Wolverine Machine exhibited at the Design-2-Part show in Akron Ohio on October 6th and 7th. Exhibiting next to other services and part suppliers, Wolverine Machine drew attention to their booth by creating a 10 foot dragon on their water jet that included fog from its mouth and blazing eyes. - October 20, 2010 - Wolverine Machine Products
UC Hub Update on Operations
To inform the current status of UC Hub and its operations. - October 18, 2010 - UC Hub
The Latest Hydropower Trends Are Revealed in This Month’s Issue of Energy Digital
Energy Digital is pleased to announce the launch of its October issue. The cover story of the October issue discusses hydropower, particularly trends and top companies in the industry. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), “Water is currently the leading renewable... - October 13, 2010 - WDM Group
45 Suppliers of Steel, Aluminum, Brass, Bronze & Other Metals Added to IndustrialPR
The worldwide manufacturing news portals covering stories on metal manufacturers and other industrial suppliers introduces its metals supply marketplace - October 09, 2010 - IndustrialLeaders.com
Breitling Oil and Gas CEO to Present at MarineTech Summit 2010
Breitling Oil and Gas CEO Chris Faulkner will present at MarineTech Summit 2010 in Dalian China during the Offshore Oil & Gas Engineering, Mining and IOR Technology Forum. - October 07, 2010 - Breitling Oil and Gas
Grizzly Discoveries Makes New Gold Discovery: Intersects 1.0 g/t Gold Over 30 Metres, 4.31 g/t Over 5 Metres
A new gold discovery has been made at the Prince of Wales target in the Copper Mountain area with an intersection of 1.0 g/t gold over 30 metres core length. - October 02, 2010 - Grizzly Discoveries Inc.
St. Elias Mines Ltd. - Stage 2 of Titan 24 Geophysical Survey and Interpretation Successfully Completed at Tesoro Gold Project in Peru
(“St. Elias” or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that the Company has received the final Geophysical Survey Interpretation Report from Quantec Geoscience Limited ("Quantec") with respect to the recent Stage 2 Titan 24 survey conducted at the Tesoro Gold Project (the "Property") in Peru. - September 19, 2010 - St. Elias Mines
Terra Energy & Resource Technologies CEO Gives an Interview to StockVest.com
Terra Energy & Resource Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:TEGR), a natural resource exploration technology company, announces that its CEO Mr. Dmitry Vilbaum gave an audio interview to StockVest.com. Topics covered in the interview include the Company's services and operations, its management and... - September 13, 2010 - StockVest
St. Elias Mines Ltd. – Update on Corporate Affairs
Expanded Investor Relations Activities World-Wide Highlighted by New York Events Bolster Drilling and Exploration Programs in Peru and British Columbia, SLI announced today Lori McClenahan, President of St. Elias Mines Ltd. (SLI – TSX:V) (“St. Elias” or the... - September 09, 2010 - St. Elias Mines
Grizzly Discoveries Completes Stage 1 Drilling Program at Greenwood Gold Project
Grizzly announced that the Stage 1 drilling program of 1,590 metres in 11 drill holes at the Greenwood Gold Project has been completed in early August. - August 11, 2010 - Grizzly Discoveries Inc.
TransGuardian Pays $18,000 Claim and Averts $82,000 Loss for Premier Precious Metals Broker
Earlier this year, Miles Franklin experienced the loss of two precious metals shipments sent under TransGuardian.com’s Declared Value Coverage. In May 2010, Wells Fargo Insurance Services delivered a check for $18,000 which TransGuardian.com presented to Miles Franklin for full coverage of... - August 06, 2010 - TransGuardian, Inc.
CCS Silica Solutions Hires Weideman to Serve as General Manager
Industrial sand producer hires Resource Erectors to recruit top management talent. Mr. Weideman, a candidate recruited by the firm, is hired to manage all aspects of the company's new frac sand plant. - August 05, 2010 - Resource Erectors
Junior Mining Company Grizzly Discoveries Increases Exploration Budget to Up to $2 Million and Closes 2nd Tranche of Private Placement
Grizzly Discoveries Increases Exploration Budget to up to $2 Million for a 3,500 metre drill program and Closes 2nd Tranche of Private Placement for Total Gross Proceeds of $1,679,000. - July 28, 2010 - Grizzly Discoveries Inc.
New Metal Fabrication Marketplace Unveils Today from IndustrialMRO and Partners
Metal fabricating services can now be explored and offered on IndustrialMRO's network of metalworking directories, guides and portals - July 10, 2010 - IndustrialLeaders.com
Grizzly Discoveries Closes First Tranche of Private Placement
Grizzly Discoveries announced a non-brokered private placement of $1,448.978.50. - July 09, 2010 - Grizzly Discoveries Inc.
Grizzly Discoveries Commences Drilling at Greenwood Gold Project, British Columbia
Grizzly Discoveries has commenced drilling on the Greenwood Gold Project, B.C. The drill was mobilized to the property on June 24th, 2010 and has commenced drilling on gold showings in the Copper Mountain area. - July 09, 2010 - Grizzly Discoveries Inc.
Stainless Steel, Aluminum, Iron and Other Metal Suppliers Added to Buy American
The publisher of over 30 industrial-focused buying guide launches its new Metals USA e-marketplace for the international metalworking community - July 09, 2010 - IndustrialLeaders.com
Author Adam Wasserman Set to Release New Book on the History of Gold
As gold's price skyrockets to new heights, its overwhelming popularity is displayed in the wide array of pamphlets, websites, commercials, brokers, and financial advisors all urging people to "buy gold now!" Behind the scenes, the politics of gold are also becoming prevalent. Gold is... - July 08, 2010 - Adam Wasserman
CRISIL Upgrades Rating on Nissan Copper to ‘B+/Stable’
CRISIL, India's leading Ratings, Research, Risk and Policy Advisory company has upgraded Nissan Copper’s rating on the long-term bank facilities of Nissan Copper Ltd (Nissan Copper) to ‘B+/Stable’ from ‘B/Stable’ while reaffirming its rating on the short-term... - July 02, 2010 - Nissan Copper Limited
Tribeca Capital Partners Inc Retained by Pacific Coast Nickel Corp
Tribeca Capital Partners Inc. (“Tribeca”) is pleased to announce it has been retained by Pacific Coast Nickel Corp. (TSX.V: NKL). (“Pacific Coast” or the “Company”) as its corporate communications and investor relations service provider to offer strategic... - June 14, 2010 - Tribeca Capital Partners Inc.
T-Post Driver’s Success Formula: Door Design Enables More Driving Force, Increased Safety
Hermosa Iron Works, Inc., has introduced a square-bodied T-Post driver with operating door, 44” length, and 44 lb. weight. That’s a 60% increase in length and weight over conventional manual post drivers. - June 10, 2010 - Hermosa Iron Works
Tierra NRG S.A.S. Retains Mineria Polaca to Conduct Mining Development and Production Plans for Boyaca/Socha Mining Opportunities
Tierra NRG SAS, a Colombia based metallurgical coal mining company, today announced it has retained Mineria Polaca S.A., to prepare design development and engineering plans for Tierra NRG’s Boyaca/Socha area mining opportunities. Mineria Polaca is the premier underground metallurgical coal... - May 30, 2010 - Tierra NRG SAS
Commodities Online LLC Announces JV Partnership in an Iron Ore Mine Located in Mexico
Mr. Michael Casey, CEO of Commodities Online LLC is pleased to announce a JV partnership with Minerales Mexiron, S.A., a 4-year-old working iron ore mine located in Mexico near the Port of Manzanillo. - May 24, 2010 - Commodities Online LLC
Breitling Oil and Gas Announces Re-Entry of BREITLING-BURR #1 Has Begun
Breitling Oil and Gas began the re-entry of the BREITLING-BURR #1 oil and natural gas well on May 7, 2010. - May 15, 2010 - Breitling Oil and Gas
Gold Test Equipment from Quickshot XRF is Re-Designed and Re-Priced
X-ray Fluorescence is a growing solution for accurate gold and precious metal analysis. Quickshot XRF has recently redesigned their gold test equipments chamber and software package – all while lowering the price. - May 04, 2010 - Quickshot XRF Analyzers
Shapeline Flatness Measurement in China
Demands for quality steel strip in the People's Republic of China is opening up the world’s largest market for Shapeline. - May 03, 2010 - Shapeline AB
Choosing the Right Duplex Valve Supplier -- Advice from the Alloy Valve Stockist
Selecting a duplex valve supplier from a wealth of choice isn't as hard as it might seem, especially now that the Internet is such a ubiquitous presence in the real world nowadays. All thats needed is a little background information and enough knowledge on valves and the suppliers that are promising to deliver the right kinds of them to the right place and at the right time, says Heather Smith, head of International Commerce at The Alloy Valve Stockist. - April 19, 2010 - Grupo Compas - The Alloy Valve Stockist
Guardian Commodities Shipping Gold, Silver Internationally to Offshore Customers
Online commodities broker to ship gold, silver, platinum, and palladium bullion to over 180 countries worldwide. - March 29, 2010 - Trusted Bullion
inXitu, Inc. Relocates to Larger Facilities
As a result of its recent growth, this award winning manufacturer of field portable analytical instruments has moved to a new larger manufacturing facility. - March 26, 2010 - inXitu
Graphic Products Drills It with New Continuous Improvement Guide for Mining Industry
The new Continuous Improvement for the Mining Industry guide from Graphic Products reveals the proven methods of Continuous Improvement (CI) and the resultant benefits of successful CI implementation. - March 26, 2010 - Graphic Products, Inc.
B-TEK Fabricates the First Custom 60’ x 11’ Full 316L Stainless Steel Motor Truck Scale
B-TEK’s custom-fabricated replacement scale constructed from 316L alloy stainless steel, was made to fit the existing scale foundation. Faced with the client’s battle with phosphoric acid corrosion; which was destroying load-out truck scales at a rate of about 1 every 5 years. B-TEK engineering was required to design a scale that could use available raw materials. - March 13, 2010 - B-TEK Scales
Breitling Oil and Gas Corp. Readies 2010 Re-Entry Plan for BREITLING-BURR #1 Prospect
Breitling Oil and Gas Corporation, an independent producer based in Irving, Texas, plans to begin re-entry of the BREITLING-BURR #1, the first well prospect in its newly-formed Gulf Coast exploration initiative. Breitling presently owns a 25% working interest in approximately 360 acres onshore in... - March 11, 2010 - Breitling Oil and Gas
Trump Alumn Fired Up About Gold, Guardian Commodities
Former contestant on "The Apprentice" transitions from his multimillion dollar start-up, GoldandSilverNow, to worldwide bullion broker, Guardian Commodities - March 04, 2010 - Trusted Bullion
New Communications Firm is Launched - Focus on Coal and Power Industries
The launch of a new strategic communications firm focusing solely on the coal and power industries was announced today. The firm, Patton Communications Consulting, was formed to address a growing need for strategic communications plans within the coal and power industries. “With the large... - March 04, 2010 - Patton Communications Consulting
Paine Electronics New Amplified Pressure & Temperature Combination Transducer Series
Paine Electronics’ new Amplified 212-64 Pressure & Temperature Combination Series is offered in pressure ranges from 0-1,000 to 0-7,500 PSIA, operates at temperatures from -40°F to +250°F (-40°C to +121°C) and provides high level output signal amplification. - March 03, 2010 - Emerson, Rosemount Specialty Products, LLC
Novel Ultrasonic Device to Mix New Alloy for Super Capacitor
The Ceramic Group at Queen’s University in Kingston, lead by Prof. Vladimir D. Krstic, is working with Stratford, Ontario based ALUPRO-MPI Ultrasonics Inc. , lead by Nico van Dongen, on a new type of advanced ceramic alloy that could dramatically outperform the existing materials. - February 22, 2010 - ALUPRO-MPI Ultrasonics Inc.
Duplex Valve Range Expanded at The Alloy Valve Stockist
The duplex valve range at The Alloy Valve Stockist now includes sluice gate valves. The duplex gate valves cater to seawater treatment plants in Brazil, Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Nigeria and the Persian Gulf. The valves are to be manufactured in forged duplex A182 F51, cast A995 Gr. 4A with wetted parts in bar stock UNS S31803. - February 22, 2010 - Grupo Compas - The Alloy Valve Stockist
AU Goose Using New Dry Recovery System to Test Two Placer Claims
Initial tests show promise for both gold and silver ore - February 19, 2010 - AU Goose
Coquelicot Rock Has Put Its Talks with the Haitian Government on Hold
Coquelicot Rock has put its talks with the Haitian Government to reopen the former Reynolds Aluminum mine and port on hold until later in 2010 for the mining and production of bauxite. Coquelicot Rock is a subsidiary of Linearstone Holding Corporation. The focused mission of Coquelicot Rock is to... - February 16, 2010 - Linearstone Holding Corporation
Metal Fabrication Online Marketplace Expands to Hundreds of Machine Shops
Some of the country's leading custom metal parts and precision metal components manufacturers featured on Worldwide Industrial - February 14, 2010 - IndustrialLeaders.com
New Metal Manufacturers and Metal Distributors Directory from ForeignTRADEX
Introducing the Web's first all-in-one metals marketplace that combines an auction, directory and buying guide. - February 13, 2010 - IndustrialLeaders.com
IR Services Retained
Petro Horizon Energy Corp. (TSXV.PHE) (PRZCF.OTCBB) (PH0.FRANKFURT) is pleased to announce that it has retained Mr. John W. Curle to provide investor relations services. - February 12, 2010 - Petro Horizon Energy Corp.
inXitu’s Cost Effective XRD/XRF Now Available for Aluminum Smelting "Bath Ratio" Analysis
Following the introduction of BTX in mid 2009, inXitu now offers a tailored version, creating the world’s most cost effective XRD/XRF analysis tool for the smelting industry. - February 11, 2010 - inXitu
New Director Joins the Board
Petro Horizon Energy Corp. (TSXV.PHE) (PRZCF.OTCBB) (PH0.FRANKFURT) is pleased to announce that Richard Granholm has agreed to join the Board of Directors. - February 11, 2010 - Petro Horizon Energy Corp.
inXitu Introduces “BTX-II” the Next Generation in X-ray Diffraction Analysis
“BTX-II” a new bench top XRD/XRF instrument for quality control, education, forensic/hazardous materials, and research applications. - February 05, 2010 - inXitu
The Medium-Term Outlook for European Engineering Steel
Metals Consulting International have just published a detailed review of the European engineering steel (special bar quality) industry. Reduction of competition through M&A or by plant closure with relocation across Europe from West to East and / or through passive exit from SBQ steel production are judged as high probability scenarios for the medium term. - February 04, 2010 - Metals Consulting International Limited
Mining News: High Quality Metallurgical Laboratory to Open in Santiago, Chile
Aminpro Chile announced today they will begin operations of a new laboratory dedicated to providing high quality metallurgical test work with a focus on front-end engineering in Santiago as of April 2010. - February 04, 2010 - Aminpro Chile
Argex Silver Capital Inc. (RGX TSX.V) Hires Michael Dehn as President and CEO and Issues Stock Options
Argex Silver Capital Inc. is pleased to announce that it has hired Michael Dehn as President and CEO, and appointed him a director of the company, to be responsible for guiding it to rapid production at Argex's La Blache property. Argex is focused in titanium exploration and mineral processing technology - January 30, 2010 - Avanti Management & Consulting Limited