International Beryllium Corporation announce that Mr. Denis Brady has been appointed as a non-executive director of International Beryllium Corporation. Mr. Brady brings manufacturing operating experience to the board as the Company expands its production capacity and, as someone with recognized financial expertise, will chair the audit committee.
Until its recent acquisition by IB, Mr. Brady was [...]

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 [...]

Gastar Exploration Ltd. together with joint venture partner Eastern Star Gas announced the results from the latest exploratory corehole drilled on license PEL 238 located in New South Wales, Australia.
The Edgeroi-1 corehole was drilled approximately 26 miles north of the existing Bibbliwindi and Dewhurst areas and intersected a total of more than 70 feet of [...]

Golden Phoenix Minerals, Inc. announced that in response to the sharp reduction in demand and price for molybdenum worldwide, the Ashdown molybdenum mine in Humboldt County, Nevada has been placed on care and maintenance with a significant reduction in force until further notice.
The Ashdown mine produces molybdenum concentrate which is roasted to the oxide form [...]

Epsilon Energy Ltd., announced that it had purchased 1,000,000 of its Common Shares through a combination of open market and block trades at an average cost of $0.83 per Common Share between October 1, 2008 and November 7, 2008. Under terms of the Normal Course Issuer Bid approved by the Toronto Stock Exchange (”TSX”) on [...]

Gray Creek Mining Inc. announces that effective November 10, 2008, it has acquired from Budget Waste Inc., a Nevada corporation its wholly owned subsidiary, Budget Waste Inc., an Alberta corporation, which holds and controls 100% of BWI’s assets and business operations, for approximately 52% of the outstanding shares of common stock of Gray Creek in [...]

El Paso Corporation announced the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has given final approval to Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to proceed with an agreement announced last year to obtain 375,000 dekatherms per day of capacity on the Ruby Pipeline for the delivery of natural gas to PG&E’s gas and electric customers.
The unanimous CPUC [...]

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. announced in response to the recent sharp decline in molybdenum prices plans to reduce production from its Henderson primary molybdenum mine and to defer the restart of the Climax molybdenum mine.
Molybdenum markets have been strong in recent years, averaging $30 per pound in 2007 and $33 per pound in the [...]

Out-of-state bidders from as far away as Russia, Saudi Arabia and Canada purchased US$23 million of equipment from the US$24 million unreserved public auction conducted by Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE and TSX: RBA - News News) in Las Vegas, Nevada last week. More than 1,100 heavy equipment items and trucks were sold in the November [...]

North American Gem Inc. announce that the Company has received an additional 98 Coal Prospecting Permits from Saskatchewan Energy and Resources, near the most recent coal discovery by Goldsource Mines Inc. . This now brings the total to 433 Coal Prospecting Permits covering an area of 906,748 acres (366,948 hectares) that have been approved by [...]