Alcan Composites, part of Alcan Engineered Products - a business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan - received the 2008 BEX Award in the Best Use of Architectural or Structural Design category, using ALUCOBOND® for the modernization of a housing scheme in the Scharnhorst district of Dortmund, Germany.
“It is an honour to receive this significant award,” [...]
Rio Tinto has announced an investment of US$652 million (Rio Tinto share US$341 million) to support continued pre-feasibility studies on a large, tier-one copper deposit at its Resolution Copper Mining LLC (RCML) operation in Superior, Arizona.
Pre-feasibility studies are expected to be completed by 2012 with production at the new mine expected to start by 2020, [...]
The New York Mercantile Exchange, Inc., a subsidiary of NYMEX Holdings, Inc., announced that it plans to introduce a futures contract based on prevailing market prices for hot-rolled steel coil in the U.S. Midwest region (U.S. Midwest domestic hot-rolled coil steel) early in the fourth quarter of 2008. The contract will be financially settled against [...]
An early stage natural gas exploration and production, companyKentucky USA Energy, Inc, has recently published a report on its further drilling developments on the New Albany Shale drilling operation. After logging Francis Grace #1 well, the geophysical log confirms that the shale formation encountered in this well is comparable to wells evaluated in the original [...]
Kentucky USA Energy, Inc., an early stage natural gas exploration and production company, announced today further drilling developments on the New Albany Shale drilling operation. After logging Francis Grace #1 well, the geophysical log confirms that the shale formation encountered in this well is comparable to wells evaluated in the original reserves study. The 4 [...]
Sentry Petroleum is reported that the company has announced the formal hiring of independent oil and gas consultancy MBA Petroleum Consultants as the company’s independent evaluator. MBA Petroleum Consultants is a leading international consultancy that uses state-of-the-art technology for assessing the hydrocarbon potential of exploration assets. The company also provides Independent Expert Reports for use [...]
Castle Harlan, Inc., the New York private equity investment firm, announced that it had agreed to sell AmeriCast Technologies, Inc., a North American leader in the design and manufacture of large, complex steel castings, to Bradken Ltd., a leading publicly-traded Australian manufacturer of cast steel and other products, primarily for the mining and railroad industries, [...]
Northern Shield Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that Peter Walker has been appointed as a director of Northern Shield.
Mr. Walker was the founder, President and CEO of Scandinavian Minerals Ltd., a public mineral exploration and development company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, from 1996 until its acquisition this summer by First Quantum Minerals [...]
