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 gets permit
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 changes plans
RTI International Metals is stopping plans to build a USD 300 million titanium sponge facility in Mississippi, US. Huntsman takes Tronox to court
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 agreement with Cubex
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. 
Cliffs Natural Resources (CNR) is pursuing approval for the development of a new iron ore deposit in Western Australia. 
ThyssenKrupp is continuing to build carbon and stainless steelmaking and processing facilities in the US, but is responding to the changed economic conditions by stretching out construction. 
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract from a major oil and gas company for engineering of its thermal facility located near Lac la Biche, Alberta. 
Apella Resources Inc. and its Board of Directors have announced that Apella has now successfully completed its initial drilling program on the Iron-T Vanadium-Iron-Titanium Project.