USA Uranium Explores Comstock Royalty Plan and Pursues Additional Gold Properties

October 24, 2009 Filed Under: Lithium Mining, Precious Metal  
USA Uranium Explores Comstock Royalty Plan and Pursues Additional Gold Properties

USA Uranium Corp. CEO Ken Berscht announce, “Our recent trip to visit the Comstock Lode in Nevada opens new areas of focus for USA Uranium as we expand our former gold producer and the Net Smelter Royalty (NSR) royalty acquisition model with strategic and early stage gold development projects which fit our business model of exploration and royalty development projects. The Comstock Lode Mining... 

Mantis Mineral Corp. encouraged by drilling at Orphan and Foisey

Mantis Mineral Corp. announce that 8-holes totaling 1,483-meters have been completed at its Foisey site on the 100% owned Orphan Mine Project and assay results have been received. The results from this drill program determined the Foisey system to be an anomalous gold bearing geologic structure along an 850-meter strike length, with a potential length of up to 1.6-kilometers. The structure was probed... 

MIPSolutions, Inc. Announces Selectivity Results for Molecularly Imprinted Ionomer (MII) Beads

August 5, 2008 Filed Under: Mercury Mining, Mining Equipment, Precious Metal  

MIPSolutions, Inc., a Nevada corporation with offices in Spokane, WA, today announced that third-party laboratory analyses has verified that the Company’s recently developed MIP (Molecularly Imprinted Polymer) bead has successfully separated gold from a gold cyanide solution loaded with mercury without also removing mercury. The MIP bead was first pioneered at the Company’s laboratory at the University... 

Novelis Wins Aluminum Contract for BMW X6

July 16, 2008 Filed Under: Mining Services  

Novelis Inc. has been selected by BMW to supply aluminum sheet for the lightweight hoods of its all-new X6 crossover SUV. Novelis is the world’s leading supplier of high performance aluminum sheet for use in automotive applications. “The X6 is yet another landmark vehicle from BMW, and we are proud that Novelis was chosen to supply our advanced aluminum sheet for the vehicle’s hood,”... 

Strike ends at Sasol Mining in Secunda

October 25, 2007 Filed Under: Mining Services  

A 12-day-long strike at Sasol Mining in Secunda has come to an end with both Sasol and employees represented by the newly recognised United People’s Union of South Africa (Upusa) trade union agreeing that work would resume on Thursday afternoon. An estimated 2 000 employees, or one-third of the Sasol Mining workforce, embarked on the strike over wages almost two weeks ago. “The industrial... 

Xcel proposes expansion of Becker coal-fired plant

January 5, 2007 Filed Under: Coal Mining, Mercury Mining, Mining Services  

Xcel Energy wants to boost capacity and reduce emissions at its coal-fired Sherco power plant in Becker, Minn., with a $900 million expansion. The proposal would add 140 megawatts of electricity to Sherco’s current 2,400-megawatt capacity and use state-of-the-art technology to reduce emissions of mercury, nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide and soot, Xcel officials said Thursday. Minneapolis-based... 

Security specialist assists African mines

South African company Group 4 Securicor (G4S) is fast becoming the mining industry’s service provider of choice for integrated security solutions on the African continent, the firm reports. In South Africa, G4S is one of the country’s leading providers ofsecurity solutions to all categories of mines, with equally substantial operations on mines in Angola, Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria and Tanzania,...