Gov. Mark Sanford and Thomas Sax, CEO of American Titanium Works (ATW), announced that ATW will build a world-class titanium mini-mill facility in Laurens County, South Carolina. American Titanium Works LLC, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, will invest an estimated $422 million and plans to employ 320 people at its new facility in Laurens County.
Under one [...]

Mine Management, Inc told the press on Monday that the Montana State Department of Commerce approved the Hard Rock Mining Impact plan which was proposed for the montanore Silver-Copper Project near the town of Libby, Montana.
Mr. Glenn Dobbs, Mines management’s president and CEO, said that We are appreciative for the recent approval of the [...]

MINES MANAGEMENT, INC. is pleased to announce that the Montana State Department of Commerce has approved the Hard Rock Mining Impact Plan proposed for the Montanore Silver-Copper Project near the town of Libby, Montana.
In accordance with the Montana Hard-Rock Mining Impact Act, the Plan is based on a study of the socio-economic impact to the [...]

Already a big user of Illinois-produced corn, Corn Products International Inc. is now relying on coal mined downstate to help process corn at its Bedford Park plant.
Company and state officials took part Monday in a ceremonial ribbon-cutting for Corn Products’ new coal-fired boiler, which is designed to reduce the plant’s emissions.
Corn Products started work on [...]

CANBY - If it’s going to be approved, the people want it to include wind.
During a public hearing Thursday on the conditional use permit for the Big Stone II transmission line project, a number of citizens expressed a desire to see at least some wind energy included as a requirement for the permit.
The Big Stone [...]

Sales at U.S. retailers increased for a third straight month in September as cheaper gasoline put Americans in the mood to spend, a government report is forecast to show this week.
Purchases rose 0.2 percent, matching the rise in August, according to the median estimate of economists in a Bloomberg News survey before the Commerce Department’s [...]

European energy and mining stocks, the region’s worst performers this quarter, rebounded as oil rose for a second day and copper gained for the first time in four days.
BP Plc, Europe’s second-biggest oil producer by market value, and BHP Billiton, the world’s largest mining company, paced gains.
“We are very positive on energy stocks,” said Mariano [...]

Asian mining stocks climbed, led by BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto Group, after both companies won an increase in iron ore prices from Chinese steelmakers.
An agreement on iron ore prices is what “the market wanted,” said Jason Teh, who manages $4 billion at Investors Mutual in Sydney. “The Chinese ultimately had no choice but to [...]