SGS Geostat to prepare Iron-T report
Apella Resources (Apella) has commissioned SGS Geostat to prepare an updated NI 43-101 compliant report for the company's Iron-T vanadium, iron, and titanium project at Matagami in Quebec. Siemens receives wind turbine order
Siemens Energy will supply Minnesota Power’s Bison 1 wind power plant with 15 of its SWT-3.0-101 direct drive wind turbines in Center, North Dakota. The company adjusted their initial order, replacing 33 Siemens SWT-2.3-101 geared wind turbines with 16 SWT-2.3-101 and 15 SWT-3.0-101 direct drive machines. New CEO for Trinity Steel
William J. Moran has been named president and chief executive officer of Trinity Steel Fabricators, Inc., effective 3 January 2011. Moran’s most recent position was with a private equity firm that specialized in advising on the acquisition and integration of energy service companies. WISCO developing in Canada and Cameroon
WISCO has signed an agreement with Canadian miner, Adriana Resources Inc. to jointly develop the LacOtelnuk iron ore program in Quebec, Canada. The mine has a total reserve of 6 billion mt of magnetic concentrate with 30% iron content. Kostelnik elected to Frontier’s board
Frontier Oil Corp. has elected Robert J. Kostelnik to its Board of Directors. Currently, Kostelnik serves as President and CEO of Cinatra Clean Technologies, Inc. 
Southern California Edison (SCE) has signed 21 contracts as part of their 2010 Renewables Standard Contracts Request for Offers. The contracts include nearly 259MW of power. 
Rich Marcogliese, Valero Energy Corp.’s Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer will retire at the end of 2010. Marcogliese left Exxon and joined the Valero team in 2000. 
Brazil will increase its share of the seaborne iron ore market from 2011 onwards as Vale SA increases its fleet of large iron ore carriers. 
Caterpillar plans to buyout Bucyrus International, a manufacturer of surface mining equipment, for USD 7.6 billion.