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Jan. 27, 2010 Eti Krom has declared force majeure on its chrome ore and ferro-chrome deliveries and suspended sales following a landslide on Saturday that destroyed the railway line between its operations and Turkish ports. Until the force majeure is lifted, Eti Krom has ...
Jan. 27, 2010 Shareholders with Freewest Resources have voted in favour of a friendly takeover bid by Cliffs Natural Resources. The $240-million transaction clears the way for development of a major chromite deposit in this region. Freewest has offices in Thunder Bay, and owns ...
Jan. 27, 2010 Rejecting the contentions of Vedanta Aluminium Ltd, a subsidiary of London Stock Exchange-listed Vedanta Resources, the Supreme Court has allowed a Dubai-based minerals trading firm's plea to resolve a dispute over a contract for supply of bauxite through arbitratio...
Jan. 26, 2010 Ireland-based Kenmare Resources has initiated a detailed engineering study to further investigate the potential of increasing the output at its Moma mine, in Mozambique, to 1.2-million tons a year of ilmenite and associated zircon and rutile. The company reported on ...
Jan. 26, 2010 The Supreme Court will on Monday decide whether the Orissa government,s decision to develop Tangarpada chromite mines on its own and cancellation of allotment of a tender to three bidders Tata Steel, Jindal Stainless Ltd and Visa Steel are in the best interests of ...
Jan. 25, 2010 Combine "Magnesite" (Satka, Chelyabinsk region) started production of refractories for steel furnaces of masonry vaults with improved properties for the new technology. Products produced on the basis of sintered periclase powders and natural chromium ore optimized ...
Jan. 20, 2010 Pyro-Paint 634-ALP, a new high temperature ceramic coating manufactured by Aremco Products Inc (Valley Cottage, NY, USA), is now used to insulate and seal dense refractory brick used in high temperature kilns and furnaces to 1760 C. The coating is a new high ...
Jan. 25, 2010 US minerals processor Sweco, which recently acquired Barcelona-based Ecutec SL, has launched a new ball mill for fine and ultra-fine mineral grinding. The Ecutec KGM Ball Mill can handle the entire range of soft to hard products as well as abrasive products with a ...
Jan. 25, 2010 Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. said shareholders of Freewest Resources Canada Inc. have approved the previously announced deal under which Cliffs will acquire the Montreal-based exploration company for $1.00 per share (Canadian) in Cliffs' stock. The Cleveland-based ...
Jan. 22, 2010 Graphite Enterprise Trust PLC ('Graphite Enterprise' or 'the Company') announces that at 31 December 2009, it had cash of GBP114.0 million and outstanding commitments of GBP243.2 million. At 30 September 2009, the Company had cash of GBP110.5 million and outstanding ...
Jan. 22, 2010 Tata Steel today announced that it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with National Mining Development Corporation (NMDC). The MoU is aimed to explore the possibility of acquisition, exploration and development of mines, extraction and processing ...
Jan. 24, 2010 The government of Guinea has taken United Co. Rusal Ltd. to court in the West African country, saying it's owed $860 million. Mahmoud Thiam, the country's minister of mines, energy and hydropower, said Rusal was "not truly transparent about all the facts" in its ...
Jan. 23, 2010 Alkane Resources has outlined progress on its three major projects which are expected to be developed into mines over the next couple of years, including one zirconia project in the central west of NSW. The Dubbo Zirconia Project (DZP) is the world's largest in ...
Jan. 21, 2010 County commissioners say they want to come to an agreement with Oregon Resources Corp. to allow the firm to mine chromite on county forest lands. But they aren't sure it's worth the toll on county resources. After several years of negotiating, it doesn't appear the ...
Jan. 20, 2010 China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina), the nation's largest chemicals producer, has confirmed that its joint venture with Cabot Corporation of the United States for producing fumed silica in Jiangxi Province would be expanded. An agreement has been signed ...
Jan 22, 2010 With the environment ministry holding up the final clearance for Vedanta's bauxite mining project from Niyamgiri mountain in Kalahandi district, the Orissa government today assured company chairman Anil Agarwal that it would provide bauxite ore from its other mines ...
Jan. 22, 2010 After sharply weaker demand in first half of 2009, Iluka meets its recovery in the second half year. Zircon "Zircon demand recovered progressively through the second half of 2009, particularly in China. Approximately 80 per cent of Iluka's annual sales were second ...
Jan. 21, 2010 Canada Fluorspar Inc. is pleased to announce that it has received a letter from the Honorable Charlene Johnson, the Provincial Minister of Environment and Conservation, advising that "the public and the Assessment Committee review of CFI's Environmental Preview ...
Jan. 21, 2010 British mining company Vedanta Resources is hopeful of getting bauxite for its alumina refinery in Orissa soon, the company's chairman Anil Agarwal said Thursday. The London-headquartered metals and mining company has built a one million tonne per annum capacity ...
In January 2010, Turkey exported 148,851 tons of chrome ore (up 52.64 percent year on year), of which 122,957.12 tons were exported to China, while in the same period in 2009 amounted to 70,490.37 tons, including 62,068.51 tons shipped to China. From the data point of view, ...
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