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Apr. 12, 2010 Kaolin is one of the major natural resources that abound in Katsina state. It is hugely deposited in thousands square metres scattered in many local government areas of the state. Kaolin is a fine white clay used in the making of porcelain, ceramics, medicines etc. ...
April 14th, 2010 A company owned by a Knife River family is helping to determine whether Cliffs Natural Resources can diversify its business by opening a chromite mine in a vast roadless area of northern Ontario. Krech Ojard and Associates of Duluth is studying the feasibility of ...
April 14th, 2010 French graphite group Carbone Lorraine SA said Monday it has agreed to acquire electronic component manufacturer M. Schneider. "Through this acquisition, Carbone Lorraine is set to become No. 2 worldwide in DIN-standard fuses and fuse gear," the French company ...
PERTH, Apr. 13, 2010 Dual-listed Mineral Deposits (MDL) on Tuesday reported that it planned to spinout its $400-million Grande C te mineral sands project, in Senegal, through an initial public offering (IPO). "On account of the size of the Grande C te project and ongoing ...
Apr. 14, 2010 MINERAL sands miner Iluka Resources has frozen executive pay and placed one of its West Australian mines on care and maintenance as it heads towards a first-half loss because of lower demand for its product. In its 2009 annual report, Iluka chairman Bob Every said ...
HANOI, April 13 - Citibank has signed a $200 million loan agreement with Vietnam's top coal miner, Vinacomin, to help it develop a bauxite complex, the government said on Tuesday. The 13-year credit deal was signed in Washington on Monday and witnessed by Vietnam's Prime Minister ...
Apr. 15, 2010 Golden Goose Resources isn't alone when it comes to revisiting the past. The Montreal-based junior exploration company has invested significant dollars in recent years revisiting its Magino Mine property, 40 kilometres northeast of Wawa. Magino, shuttered for nearly ...
GONGYI, China, April 14, 2010 - China GengSheng Minerals, Inc., a high-tech industrial materials manufacturing company in China with products capable of withstanding high temperatures, reducing energy consumption, and boosting productivity in industries such as steel and oil, ...
April 7th, 2010 Mineral projects explorer Beacon Hill Resources plc Tuesday reported a narrower loss for 2009, helped by lower expenses. The company's loss attributable to equityholders of the parent entity narrowed to GBP 484,758 or 0.034 pence per share from GBP 1.73 million or ...
April 20th, 2010 The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries will answer questions tonight about the permitting process related to Oregon Resources Corp.'s chromite mining operation. DOGAMI Assistant Director Gary Lynch will attend the 6:30 p.m. meeting in the council ...
April 20th, 2010 Northern Graphite Corporation, a subsidiary of Industrial Minerals Inc., announces that SGS Canada Inc. has been engaged to prepare a Pre Feasibility Study for the Bissett Creek graphite project. SGS Canada Inc. Geostat office (formerly Geostat Systems Internatio...
Apr. 19, 2010 Alumina refining generates about 80 million tonnes of bauxite residues (red mud) each year. These residues are a potentially valuable resource for re-use in various ways. Bauxite residues have been re-used for: improvement of sandy soils neutralising acidic mining ...
SHANGHAI, Apr. 20, 2010 - Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd., or Chalco, said Tuesday it swung to a net profit in the first quarter because of a gradual increase in the production and sales of its major products. The country's biggest alumina producer by output said the company is ...
PITTSBURGH, April 15, 2010 Resco Products, Inc. (Resco), the Petitioner in ongoing antidumping and countervailing duty investigations relating to magnesia carbon brick (MCB) from Mexico and the People's Republic of China (China), announced today that it made an allegation of ...
April 22, 2010 ILUKA Resources' first quarter mineral sands production was down 24 per cent on year to 370,200 tonnes but said demand for its products was recovering. Zircon output for the quarter was down 38.9 per cent on year to 58,500 tonnes, rutile output rose 36.4 per cent ...
Apr. 22, 2010 - French building-materials giant Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA Thursday said first-quarter sales fell 0.5% as construction business in mature economies remained tough, but pointed to signs of recovery and confirmed its financial guidance for the year. After a ...
April 22nd, 2010 Jamaica's government plans to sell its stake in bauxite producer and alumina refiner Clarendon Alumina Production Limited (CAP) to a Chinese company, the prime minister said. Bruce Golding told parliament late on Tuesday that negotiations were advanced for the ...
Apr. 22, 2010 The investigation involves an incident at Rio Tinto Alcan's alumina mine and refinery in Nhulunbuy, about 1000 kilometres east of Darwin. A source, who did not want to be identified, says senior Rio Tinto Alcan staff told workers to dump as much as 88 tonnes of ...
April 22, 2010 Iluka Resources says demand for high value mineral sands increased in the first quarter in its key markets. The company said after curtailing production during the global financial crisis to better match short term demand, it had now again increased output. ...
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