True North Gems Options Yukon Rare Earth Discovery to Great Western Minerals
True North Gems Inc. and Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. are pleased to announce that TGX has granted GWMG an option to acquire up to a 65% working interest in TGX’s True Blue property in the Yukon in exchange for carrying TGX through to completion of a bankable feasibility study. The True Blue property is located 55 kilometres south of Ross River, Yukon and is accessible via all-weather road...
Great Western Technologies Inc Receives DARPA Contract to Develop Aluminum-Based Structural Metal Alloys
Great Western Minerals Group Ltd. announce that its US-based, wholly-owned subsidiary, Great Western Technologies Inc, (“GWTI”) of Troy Michigan, has been awarded a US $110,000 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to develop a set of aluminum-based high strength alloys. These alloys are a new class of materials that exploit the complex metal compounds that can be formed...
Vantex Acquires One Exploration Permit for Oil and Natural Gas in the Moose River Basin
The management of Vantex resources Ltd has obtained one exploration permit for oil and natural gas in the Quebec portion of the Moose River Basin, located in the James Bay Lowlands. The permit covers an area of 25,000 hectares. The Salomon Lake oil seep, found within the exploration permit, is characterized by a milky white to greenish film on the surface of numerous ponds south of Salomon Lake (Salomon...
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. to Idle Three Iron Ore Pellet Furnaces
Cliffs Natural Resources Inc, a global mining and natural resources company, today reported that it has initiated production curtailments at two of its six North American Iron Ore mines. Cliffs indicated that the curtailments were necessary to bring production levels in line with demand. Cliffs will temporarily idle two small pellet furnaces at Northshore Mining and one small pellet furnace at United...
Orvana Enters Into A Second Minerals Lease At Its Copperwood Project In Michigan-Environmental Studies Commence
Orvana Minerals Corp. announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Orvana Resources US Corp., has entered into a second minerals lease and a second exclusive option to lease in respect of areas of the “Western Syncline” in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The leased area is referred to as the Copperwood Project. The Copperwood Project is located about 30 kilometers southwest of the now-closed...
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc Is Now Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, an international mining company, announced that it has changed its name to Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. Its ticker symbol will remain the same. In addition to the name change, the Company also announced the formal adoption of “Cliffs,” the one-word name by which it is commonly known, and introduced a new visual identity, including a new corporate logo. The new blue and green...
Superior Well Services, Inc. Agrees to Acquire Oilfield Service Assets from Diamondback Holdings, LLC
Superior Well Services, Inc. announced that it entered into a definitive asset purchase agreement to acquire certain oilfield service assets from Diamondback Holdings, LLC, a privately-owned company. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Superior will acquire Diamondback’s pressure pumping, fluid logistics and completion, production and rental tools business lines for $270.0 million in cash,...
Keweenaw Land Association, Limited Leases Mineral Rights to Orvana
Keweenaw Land Association, Limited announce it has entered a mining lease with Orvana Resources US Corp. (Orvana), a wholly owned subsidiary of Orvana Minerals Corp. of Toronto, Ontario. Keweenaw has leased to Orvana certain mineral rights in an area known as the “Western Syncline,” located 20 miles northeast of Ironwood in northern Gogebic County in the Upper Peninsula of the State of Michigan. Orvana...
Orvana Enters Into a Minerals Lease in the State of Michigan
Orvana Minerals Corp. announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Orvana Resources US Corp., has entered into a minerals lease in respect of an area of the “Western Syncline” located in the Upper Peninsula of the State of Michigan. The leased area is referred to as the Copperwood Project. The Copperwood Project is located about 30 kilometers southwest of the now-closed White Pine mine, which...
Global Manufacturing Leaders Gather in Michigan to Discuss Industry Challenges
Leading metalforming manufacturers from the United States, Asia, Latin America and Europe will hear from industry giants and discuss the top challenges facing the industry worldwide at the 16th International Congress of Sheet Metal Presswork Associations (ICOSPA) September 14-17 in Grand Rapids, MI. The focus of the program is taken from today’s manufacturing headlines: the rising costs of raw materials,...
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