Alcoa Russia’s Samara Plant Launches New Coating Line for Aluminum Sheet

SAMARA, Russia–Alcoa Russia’s Samara Plant today commissioned a new state-of-the-art coating line for production of high-quality coated sheet used in the packaging market for aluminum soft drink and beer cans as well as serving the building and

EOS whitepaper assesses DMLS benefits

EOS Electro Optical Systems, a manufacturer of laser-sintering systems, has released a whitepaper examining the benefits of using direct metal laser sintering (DMLS) to create tooling inserts.

Tristar opens community for CAD/CAM users

Tristar has brought out Tristar Commons, a user-directed professional networking site that supports PTC software users and the product-development industry.

BHP offloads Yabulu nickel refinery

BHP Billiton appears closer to selling its mothballed Ravensthorpe nickel mine in Western Australia after iron ore billionaire Clive Palmer bought its Yabulu nickel refinery in Queensland and declared an interest in the troubled project. The sale of

Copper trade bi directional

Copper moved in a very wide range trading in both directions. The main driver of the metal has been China. The stocking of the metals by the country supported the prices in the starting of the month whereas the prices started to drop as this buying

Aluminium to touch its six month high

Aluminium demonstrated an upward trend this month touching a six month high of around $1700 at LME on back of various production cuts by Aluminium smeltors. The inventories monitored by London warehouses increased by another 1.5 lakh tonne but still

Baffinland Iron Mines may have to consider other routes to ship ore from its proposed Mary River mine site in Nunavut, due to public concerns presented to environmental assessors earlier this year.

The Nunavut Impact Review Board released draft guidelines last week for the environmental impact statement Baffinland will have to submit as part of the regulatory process. Those guidelines have incorporated concerns, raised during the public

Chinalco maintains a 9.3 per cent stake in Rio Tinto

MELBOURNE, Australia - State-controlled Aluminum Corp. of China said Thursday it took up its full entitlement in Rio Tinto’s $15.2 billion share issue to maintain a 9.3 per cent stake in the Anglo-Australian miner.

Polysoude at Schweissen and Schneiden

Polysoude (Nantes, France) will be taking a stand at this year?s Schweissen&Schneiden in Meese Essen, Germany. The company will be showing systems, machines, components and solutions for orbital and mechanised joining as well as cladding. The market

Summary of Inflation and Deflation the United States

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Preserve Your Wealth With Precious Metals

Nick Barisheff ‘I’m not so much interested in the return on my money as I am the return of my capital.’-Will Rogers In this extraordinary environment, preserving your personal wealth becomes priority one. Before you make another major financial decision,

Copper miner’s production results below expectations

Equinox Minerals (EQN) announces Q2 output from Lumwana Project in Zambia

Dump your pickup on three sides using the innovative new Metro aluminum flatbed kit by Truckcraft

Drop sides allow clear forklift access on 3 sides. The new TruckCraft Metro kit will convert any single rear wheel pickup to a handy aluminum drop-side flatbed with 2.8-cubic yard struck volume, and more than 56-square feet of deck that can be freely

BHP Billiton - sale of Yabulu nickel refinery

Jul 2009 BHP Billiton announced it has signed an agreement to sell the Yabulu nickel refinery to companies wholly owned by Professor Clive Palmer. It is expected that the sale will be finalised by 31 July 2009. The terms of the sale are confidential,

Alcoa reports on second quarter, Wednesday

The U.S. Institute for Supply Management posts its services index for June. Economists expect a reading of 46, up from 44 a month earlier. Tuesday, July 7 Statistics Canada reports on building permits in May. Economists expect an increase of 0.8 per

Cameroon President Urges Speedy Energy Plan For Mining Industries

YAOUNDE, Cameroon -(Dow Jones)- In a bid to tackle the bureaucratic red tape hampering a key energy plan to supply power to budding iron ore and bauxite mining firms, Cameroon President Paul Biya urged his new government Friday to come up with a solid

Sale of Rio Tinto plc Rights Issue Rump Placement

Rio Tinto plc announced previously that it had received valid acceptances in respect of 508,577,688 New Rio Tinto plc Shares, representing approximately 96.97% of the total number of New Rio Tinto plc Shares offered to Shareholders pursuant to the fully

Mining firms hold back lacklustre FTSE

THE FTSE 100 Index clung to its opening mark today as progress was held back by poor corporate news flow and disappointing figures from the key services sector. Low volumes also added to lacklustre trading on the Footsie, while there was was no guidance

BBC, Shell and Rio Tinto’s recession strategies

Now is time for ?ambitious realism?, speakers at the Investment Property Databank Occupiers Property in Business Conference 2009 agreed Chris Kane, head of workplace at BBC Property, Richard Spray, manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at

Gabriel fails to reinstate Romania review

Gabriel Resources Ltd, a Canadian gold-mining company, failed to convince a Romanian appeals court to lift a suspension of a review of its Rosia Montana gold project, sending the company?s shares down 26%. The Environmental Impact Assessment, needed