Atlas Oil and Gas, Inc. announced the results from its second well in its 8 well project located near the Arkansas River in Pawnee County, Oklahoma. The first well that was put into production earlier this week had an initial rate of about 20 barrels of oil per day (BOPD) from a shallow zone at [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

North American Gem Inc. announce that the TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing an option agreement dated September 5, 2008 between North American Gem Inc. and Appalachia Coal Corp., whereby the Company will acquire a 100% interest in Appalachia Coal Corp., a British Columbia incorporated company with 20,000 acres of coal leases located in [...]

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, [...]

North American Gem Inc. announce that it has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding with Appalachia Coal Corporation, a private company with advanced stage coal interests in West Virginia.
ACC currently controls approximately 20,000 acres of coal leases in West Virginia that are in various stages of permitting. Several different coal seams run on ACC’s properties [...]

CREDO Petroleum Corporation updated operational activities. James T. Huffman, President, stated, “Since the last operational update, we have made good progress on both our drilling and Calliope projects. CREDO has recently drilled seven wells of which four are producers, yielding a 57% success rate. A total of eight new wells are either awaiting completion or [...]

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., today reported that on Aug. 22, 2008, the Federal Trade Commission granted them early termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act for their proposed merger. The merger transaction remains subject to additional approvals, including Cleveland-Cliffs shareholder and Alpha stockholder approvals.
Cleveland-Cliffs Inc, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is [...]

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and Brush Wellman Inc. (BWI) are being honored for their research partnership. Over the past 10 years NIOSH and BWI have worked together to conduct research and develop, test and communicate a new model for working safely with beryllium [...]

Cleveland-Cliffs Inc and Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. announced that each company’s Board of Directors has approved a definitive merger agreement under which Cleveland-Cliffs will acquire all outstanding shares of Alpha in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately $10 billion.
Under the terms of the agreement, for each share of Alpha common stock, Alpha [...]