Ritchie Bros. to sell remaining 37 concrete pump trucks in Atlanta unreserved auction

June 12, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Services  
Ritchie Bros. to sell remaining 37 concrete pump trucks in Atlanta unreserved auction

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, the world’s largest industrial auctioneer, is conducting an unreserved public equipment auction at the Company’s permanent auction site in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, June 18, 2009 starting at 8:00 a.m. The auction will feature close to 1,300 items of equipment including 37 concrete pump trucks and other concrete equipment. The concrete pump trucks being sold... 

Komatsu Ltd. to Implement Servigistics Service Parts Pricing Solution Globally

September 22, 2008 Filed Under: Mining Equipment  

Servigistics, the leading strategic service management solution provider, announced today that Japan-based Komatsu Ltd., one of the world’s largest manufacturers of construction and mining equipment, will implement Servigistics’ award-winning Service Parts Pricing solution globally to optimize pricing and to strengthen its service parts pricing strategy worldwide. Servigistics Service Parts... 

King & Spalding Represents Texas Offshore Crude Oil Port Joint Venture

August 18, 2008 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  

King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, advised Enterprise Products Partners L.P., TEPPCO Partners, L.P., and Oiltanking Holding Americas, Inc., on their joint venture to build a new off-shore crude oil terminal in the Gulf of Mexico. The new partnership, known as the Texas Offshore Port System (“TOPS”), will provide refiners with greater flexibility and enhanced reliability... 

Eclipsys added to SmallCap 600

July 21, 2008 Filed Under: Mining Services, Oil and Gas  

It is reported that Shares of Eclipsys Corp. rose Friday after Standard & Poor’s said it will add the health care software maker’s stock to its S&P SmallCap 600 index. The Atlanta-based company will replace W-H Energy Services Inc. on the index as W-H Energy is being purchased by oilfield services provider Smith International Inc., S&P said. Stocks that are added to indexes... 

US Regulators Tightening Energy Trades

June 18, 2008 Filed Under: Mining Services, Oil and Gas  

Federal regulators will place stricter limits on foreign exchanges that trade U.S. oil. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will require the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange to adopt position limits used in the U.S. for trading West Texas Intermediary crude contracts. Foreign officials also will share daily trading data with U.S. authorities and report violations when they are uncovered.... 

ATLDF: Announces Commencement of Diamond Drilling

June 18, 2007 Filed Under: Diamond Mining, Precious Metal  

Atlanta Gold Inc. (ATG) announces the commencement of diamond drilling at its Atlanta Gold property (“Atlanta”) in Elmore County, Idaho. The Company has planned at least 3 drilling programs and expects to drill throughout the remainder of 2007. Phase I of the 2007 drilling program will include 39 holes of N-sized core (1 7/8 inches in diameter) and will total 12,800 feet of drilling from... 

Uranium City Resources Retains Services of Windward Agency

May 27, 2007 Filed Under: Uranium Mining  

Uranium City Resources (TSX-V: UCR) (“UCR”), a junior uranium exploration company with significant property holdings in the past producing Beaverlodge / Uranium City Mining District in north-west Saskatchewan, is pleased to announce that effective May 19, 2007 and subject to regulatory approval, it has retained the services of The Windward Agency, of Charlotte, North Carolina. Windward,... 

India’s Essar to Buy Minnesota Steel to Add Iron Ore

April 20, 2007 Filed Under: Iron Ore Mining  

Essar Global Ltd., the owner of India’s third-biggest steelmaker, agreed to buy Minnesota Steel Industries LLC for an undisclosed price to add 1.4 billion tons of iron-ore reserves and a steel mill in North America. Essar will invest about $1.65 billion to build the 2.5 million-ton-a-year mill in northern Minnesota, John Elmore, closely held Minnesota Steel’s chief executive officer, said... 

Top seeds Drilling, Bachmann in 65s Clay Court final

April 15, 2007 Filed Under: Mining Services  

Second-seeded Fred Drilling of Bonita Springs, Fla., played nearly flawless tennis in defeating fourth-seeded Allan Carter of Boca Raton, Fla., to reach the final at the USTA National Men’s 65s Clay Court Championships at the New Orleans Lawn Tennis Club. Drilling won 6-1, 6-1, using a powerful forehand to keep Carter on the defensive. Drilling dominated the points by keeping his shots deep and... 

Coal owner has less-than-clean history

March 4, 2007 Filed Under: Coal Mining, Mining Services  

ROUNDUP, Mont. — Success has for years lurked just around the corner for John Baugues Jr., a coal mining entrepreneur who arrived here in 1995 after starting and folding a string of mines in his native Tennessee. Taking control that year of Bull Mountain Land Co., which has an estimated 340 million tons of coal lodged deep in the mountains south of Roundup, Baugues’ future at last looked...