Rajant Corporation Announces Agreement with Caterpillar Dealer, MacAllister Machinery

November 13, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Equipment  
Rajant Corporation Announces Agreement with Caterpillar Dealer, MacAllister Machinery

Rajant Corporation, a leading provider of wireless mining solutions, announced today that it has entered into a reseller agreement with Indiana-based MacAllister Machinery Co. Inc., (MacAllister ) to market, sell and support its BreadCrumb® wireless mesh communications product line. “We look forward to working with MacAllister within the Caterpillar dealer network. With this new dealer agreement,... 

Baja Achieves Key Milestone in Development of Manganese Metal Production at Boleo

June 17, 2009 Filed Under: Cobalt Mining, Copper Mining, Zinc Mining  
Baja Achieves Key Milestone in Development of Manganese Metal Production at Boleo

Baja Mining Corp. announces that a key milestone has been achieved towards manganese metal production at its Boleo project in Baja, Mexico. Staff at the University of British Columbia’s Hydrometallurgy Research Laboratory have successfully demonstrated that manganese metal can be manufactured from Boleo manganese carbonate using conventional hydrometallurgical processing steps. A sample of manganese... 

Texada Ventures Inc. Term Sheet with Royalty Exploration LLC

March 30, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Mining Stocks, Oil and Gas, Precious Metal  
Texada Ventures Inc. Term Sheet with Royalty Exploration LLC

Texada Ventures Inc. announce that on March 9, 2009 it entered into an Amended Term Sheet with Royalty Exploration LLC whereby Texada will acquire 100% of REX’s issued and outstanding shares. In conjunction with the transaction, the Company has commenced a concurrent private placement financing of up to $40 million. REX leverages patented cutting edge technology coupled with traditional exploration... 

Samarco Mineracao S.A. Implements Meridium for Asset Performance Management Solution

December 22, 2008 Filed Under: Iron Ore Mining  

Meridium Inc., the global leader in asset performance management software and consulting solutions, announced that Samarco Mineracao S.A has implemented Meridium software to ensure the stability of its operations and industrial processes with practices that reconcile the best possible availability, with a guarantee of high reliability. Founded in 1977, Samarco is a pioneer in the processing of low-grade... 

Freedom Financial Holdings Completes First Field Research

November 12, 2008 Filed Under: Oil and Gas  

Freedom Financial Holdings, Inc. CEO Brian Kistler announced that the company has completed the first field Research project for Curton Capital Corporation. “Unlike the ‘Heavy Oil’ located in Southwest Missouri, the oil in Shale is quite light with a gravity over 40. However, getting the oil to flow from Shale has presented some unique challenges as well. We believe that the new Freedom... 

Colorado Goldfields Earns Validation of Clean Water Technology at Gold King Mine

November 7, 2008 Filed Under: Precious Metal  

Colorado Goldfields Inc. in conjunction with Blue Sky Water Technologies, Inc., of Folsom, California, has proven its ability to treat water issues at its Gold King Mine. Results from Alpha Analytical, a nationally certified third-party testing laboratory in Sparks, Nevada, showed that Blue Sky’s technology removed five of the EPA’s “contaminants of concern.” Cadmium, copper,... 

U.S. Mine Makers, Inc. Places New Corporate Profile On Website

November 6, 2008 Filed Under: Platinum Group Metals, Precious Metal  

U.S. Mine Makers, Inc., announced that a newly prepared profile of the company is now posted on the company’s website at http://www.usminemakers.com. Ronald Bell, President and CEO stated, “USMM Management devoted a great deal of time and effort in the preparation of the new profile and we are very pleased with it. We welcome our shareholders and the public in general to visit our website... 

Advanced Explorations Inc. Focuses Plans on an Iron Nugget Plant

October 29, 2008 Filed Under: Iron Ore Mining  

Advanced Explorations Inc. announce that it intends to strengthen its Roche Bay Project in Nunavut with the addition of an iron nugget plant. Following the lead of Steel Dynamics Inc. (“SDI”) and others, AEI plans to utilize the MIDREX/Kobe Steel ITmk3® Process to produce “pig iron” nuggets which are higher in grade (~98% Fe) and sell at a price multiple to the traditional... 

OGC Standards Are the “Bedrock” of Global Geology Mapping Project

October 29, 2008 Filed Under: Mining Equipment  

Standards developed by the members of the Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) play a key role in OneGeology, a global project to produce the first digital geological map of the world. OneGeology, launched in August, 2008 at the 33rd International Geological Congress in Oslo, Norway, is now supported by 94 nations and seven international umbrella bodies. It is the flagship project for the UN International... 

LAI Lands Contract for Manufacturing Components Used for Oil Exploration

October 24, 2008 Filed Under: Mining Equipment, Oil and Gas  

LAI International, Inc., strategic supplier of precision components and sub-assemblies for original equipment manufacturers has announced it has secured contract awards for manufacturing precision components used for oil and gas exploration. LAI uses advanced processes to manufacture a series of flex couplings, which incorporate an interlocking design in four-feet-long alloy steel pipe, used to steer...