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March 30th, 2010 Electric arc furnaces need to be relined on a regular basis, but this is costly and time-consuming. Maintenance of the refractory material on the furnace walls is therefore of great importance. Following a two-month ramp-up period, a spraying robot fitted with ...
March 25, 2010 - It is reported that Magnesita Refratarios SA on Thursday sold $400 million of senior 10-year notes in the 144a private placement market. The size of the deal was increased from an originally planned $300 million. JP Morgan, BB Securities, Bradesco BB and Itau ...
March 29th, 2010 Mineral sands producer Iluka Resources has appointed Stephen Turner and Wayne Osborn as nonexecutive directors, with immediate effect. Turner is the founder of LSE-listed International Ferro Metals (IFM). He was the CEO of IFM from 2002 to 2009 and continues as a ...
Mar. 28, 2010 Materials testing, analysis and consultancy firm CERAM has appointed Paul Myers as principal consultant for refractories. He will lead the growing team of expert consultants for this important area, responsible for both business direction and capability development. ...
Mar. 26, 2010 FEARS at Iluka Resources that it could fall to a cheap $2 billion takeover from Chinese interests have eased thanks to the march in the group's share price to a 12-month high. Iluka shares closed yesterday 13 , or 3 per cent, higher at $4.36, taking the gain since ...
March 26th, 2010 Mineral sands mine developer Matilda Zircon Ltd says Chinese demand for the ceramics-making input appears robust and signs of supply tightness in the market could soon push the price up. "Price increases have been signalled to the market by major producers with ...
ESSLINGEN, Germany, Apr. 12, 2010 - At a dedication ceremony attended by Esslingen city officials and customers from around the world, Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc., officially opened its new specialty epoxy resin production facility in Esslingen, Germany. The plant produces ...
Apr. 6, 2010 - Demand for refractory products has increased in the BRIC countries of Brazil, Russia, India and China, as well as the Far East, according to UK refractories producer DSF Refractories & Minerals Ltd. "Whilst business in the EU and North America remains difficult, ...
Apr. 7, 2010 - ACC gained 1.72% to Rs 967.55 at 10:35 IST on BSE, on reports the company is planning to ramp up its annual production capacity to 30 million tonnes by the end of this financial year through brownfield projects. Meanwhile, the BSE Sensex was up 42.66 points, or 0...
April 8th, 2010 JSE- and Aim-listed Pan African Resources said on Thursday that it would start the construction of its planned Phoenix Chromite Tailings Retreatment Plant (CTRP) in June this year, anticipating first production by the second half of 2011. The company had ...
Apr. 8, 2010 The Wilderness Society has collected 280,000 signatures of people opposing a bauxite mine near the Wenlock River in far north Queensland. They say the petition sets a new record for an Australian environment campaign. The proposed developer of the Cape York mine says ...
April 9th, 2010 Sri Lanka's listed graphite miner and exporter Bogala Graphite said support from its German parent firm and manufacture of new lubricant products should help it recover from losses last year. The company, a subsidiary of Graphit Krophmuhl AG of Germany, has seen a ...
CHARLESTON - Apr. 12, 2010 - A Huntington couple is suing 39 companies in an asbestos-related case. On July 18, 2008, Robert Wesley Gill was diagnosed with lung cancer, according to a complaint filed March 18 in Kanawha Circuit Court. Gill and his wife, Beula Gill, claim the ...
Apr. 9, 2010 Conservationist Terri Irwin has rejected suggestions the Queensland Government should ignore a petition to stop bauxite mining on a Cape York reserve in the state's far north. Cape Alumina wants to mine near the Steve Irwin Nature Reserve near the Wenlock River. The ...
April 9th, 2010 Mineral sands miner Iluka expects to almost double its zircon and rutile production by 2011, as it brings on line two new projects, the Australian company reported on Thursday. Zircon production would increase by 90% and rutile output by 97%, compared with ...
April 12th, 2010 HYDERABAD: Even as the state government is going ahead full steam with its plan to begin mining the huge bauxite reserves in the Agency areas of Visakhapatnam district, a recent study by the Centre for Economics and Social Sciences (Cess) has become the latest to ...
April 13th, 2010 There is good news for Jamaica's struggling mining sector on Monday morning with Russian aluminium giant UC Rusal announcing that it will re-open one of its local plants on June One. The company announced on Monday that it will restart the Ewarton alumina ...
Apr. 12, 2010 Oregon's natural chromite resources in Coos County could put the state in the same league as top producers like South Africa and Turkey. Oregon Resources Corp. wants to begin sifting through piles of sand in the region later this year, which could eventually lead to ...
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Apr 12, 2010 - First Bauxite Corporation had previously announced that "a draft of the Feasibility Study is on schedule to be available for a review by the Board of Directors in the first quarter, 2010". The Company is pleased to announce that, while ...
Apr. 12, 2010 Graphite India has target of Rs 150-151, says Sandeep Shenoy of Antique Stock Broking. Shenoy said, "Graphite India is probably one of the few input cycle to the steel cycle, which is probably on a good footing right now. The industry generally buys from the crude ...
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