White Mountain completes plant test
White Mountain Titanium Corp. has successfully completed a detailed Stage 2 pilot plant test work program culminating in one 60hr continuous test run. Tronox cancels asset auction
US Titanium dioxide manufacturer Tronox has withdrawn from an asset auction and announced that it has agreed to a reorganisation plan to lift it out of bankruptcy. New Statoil president for Canadian ops
Statoil has appointed Lars Christian Bacher as president of its Canadian operations. Lincoln catalogue available online
Lincoln Electric has introduced its 2010 equipment catalogue and an online fast-flip eBook version that is accessible on the Lincoln website. Xstrata shuts Canadian smelters
Xstrata PLC will take about USD 2.4 billion of impairment charges on its earnings after cutting the value of nickel assets and closing Canadian copper and zinc smelters. 
Victory Nickel Inc. has been advised by the Mineral Resources Division of the Manitoba Department of Science, Technology, Energy and Mines that instructions have been given to grant to the company a quarry lease and a general permit for road construction at its 100%-owned Minago sulphide nickel project on Manitoba, Canada's Thompson Nickel Belt. 
RTI International Metals is stopping plans to build a USD 300 million titanium sponge facility in Mississippi, US. 
Huntsman Corp. has asked a US court to force bankrupt chemicals maker Tronox Inc. to hold an auction for its titanium dioxide plants, citing a deal signed in August 2009. 
Sandvik has entered into a dealer agreement with Canadian-based Cubex Ltd to market, distribute and support its underground mining product line including all underground drills, booster/compressor packages, ancillary support components, and water pump systems. 
Alcoa Forging & Extrusions has commissioned Siempelkamp to engineer and produce the cast parts of one of the world’s largest closed-die forging presses located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.