Quadrem Professional Services is offering companies in the Mining and Metals industries a new on-site, two-and-a-half-day class, “Strategic Sourcing: Seven Steps to Sourcing Success.” This workshop helps procurement and sourcing teams identify qualified suppliers, optimally manage RFP events, and negotiate effective contracts.
The class agenda includes a lecture for each of seven modules followed by a [...]

ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest integrated metals and mining company, today announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire the Concept Group (“Concept”).
Concept, located in southern West Virginia and adjacent to the recently acquired Mid Vol Coal Group in the Central Appalachian Coal Basin, produced 0.8 million tons of metallurgical coking coal in 2007 and [...]

Latrobe Specialty Steel welcomes the news that Local 1537 of the United Steelworkers approved today the collective bargaining agreement negotiated Friday evening and that the twelve-week work stoppage is ending.
“I know that I speak for every Latrobe Specialty Steel employee when I say that we appreciate the return of our hourly colleagues. We have reached [...]

OAO Severstal, one of the world’s leading metals and mining companies, announced that it has extended the expiration date for its tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of Esmark Incorporated (Nasdaq: ESMK; “Esmark”), at an offer price of $19.25 per share, to 10:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time, on Monday, August 4, 2008.
The tender offer [...]

Vena Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that the second drill program has commenced at Azulcocha West. An additional 27 drill holes have been designed for a total of 8,000 metres of drilling. Drilling includes targets on the Cantagallo, Recuperada and El Triunfo areas along the southern area of the Azulcocha West property including a [...]

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 [...]

ArcelorMittal announces is has acquired the outstanding 60% of the shares in Rolanfer Recyclage S.A. (“Rolanfer”) which now gives it 100% control over the company.
Rolanfer is based in Yutz (France) near Thionville on the border with Luxembourg and operates a shredder at the port of Illange. Rolanfer specialises in the processing and recycling of scrap [...]

Oriental Paninsula Resourses Group Inc or known is about to be investigated by the Philippine Stock Exchange. The investigation is done on request by Nickel mining firm Platinum Group Metal Corp Inc. PGMC requested that the PSE investigate and suspend the trading of its shares for persisting to conduct mining operations in Palawan despite [...]