Company News

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Drilling completed at Duke Island

Copper Ridge Explorations Inc. has announces that it has completed a five hole 1537m drill program at its Duke Island copper-nickel-platinum-palladium (Cu-Ni-PGE) property in SE Alaska. The company has the right to earn up to a 65% interest

Alcoa named a component of the DJSI

For the ninth consecutive year, Alcoa has been selected as a component of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), one of the most highly recognized and long-standing global sustainability indexes. Alcoa was named to both the World and the

Mr Michaud named VP HR

Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. has appointed Mr James R Michaud to the position of VP, Human Resources. Mr Michaud will officially join Cliffs on 7 September 2010, reporting to Laurie Brlas executive VP finance and administration and chief financial

Sojitz raises molybdenum output

Sojitz Corp. said that its molybdenum mining JV in Canada will raise its annual output capacity 60% to 7300tns in 2011 to prepare for future growth in demand. The company will be expanding and upgrading equipment at the Endako mine in the

Solaris Industries opens tube plant

To meet the needs of a growing customer base in the US, Solaris Industries, an international manufacturer of steel tubing, officially opened its plant at Kings Mountain in North Carolina. It plans to hire about 40 to 50 employees over the next two years.

Universal Stainless names Chief Technology Officer

Universal Stainless & Alloy Products Inc. has announced that Arthur C Reardon Ph.D. has been named to the newly-created position of Chief Technology Officer effective 31 August 2010. The new position was created to strengthen the company's technical

New CFO for Evraz Inc. NA

Evraz Inc. NA has named Ms Glenda Minor as CFO. Ms Minor replaces Mr Robin Gantt, who left the company in January to pursue other opportunities. Ms Minor joins Evraz from the global automotive supplier Visteon Corp., where she was VP of

AK Steel names VP

AK Steel has named Gary T Barlow VP, Sales and Customer Service, effective 1 September 2010.  Mr Barlow succeeds Douglas W Gant, who is retiring after 30 years of service to the company. Gary Barlow joined AK Steel in May of 2010 from

Alcoa names Kevin Anton chief sustainability offic

Alcoa has announced that Kevin J Anton has been named Chief Sustainability Officer, responsible for developing a comprehensive strategy that integrates all of the company's sustainability efforts. Mr Anton, who has led the Alcoa Sustainability

USA: horizontal well at shale oil project

American Petro-Hunter Inc. has announced that the company is finalizing plans to drill a horizontal oil well on the North Oklahoma Project leases located in Payne County, Oklahoma.