New blog offers insight
A new blog, CustomCarbideTools.com, offers help to manufacturers looking to decrease the costs of projects in the aerospace, building supply, marine, automotive and related industries. Vale injecting CDN$10 billion into Canadian ops
Brazilian mining giant Vale is expanding its Canadian operations to the tune of CDN$10 billion over five years.
Tidal power research project
Prysmian and International Telecom have been selected by the Fundy Ocean Research Center for Energy (FORCE) to partner in an exploratory project researching the potential of tidal power generation. AES to build 150 MW wind farm
AES Corporation has entered into an agreement with Pakistan’s ministry of water and power to build a USD 375 million wind power generation plant. AWS elects Phillip Wittke
The American Welding Society (AWS) and WEMCO have elected Phillip Wittke, Lincoln Electric’s Director of Marketing to serve as chair of their Image of Welding Committee. 
CIC Resources Inc has discovered a significant deposit of ilmenite ore in the eastern part of Paraguay. 
IMV Projects has appointed Kevin O’Brien as president effective 1 January 2011. 
SAFM has received their Definitive Operating License from COPAM allowing the company to begin mining at their Ponte Verde Iron Ore Project in Brazil. 
GE Oil & Gas and JSC ZKMK formed a technology transfer and licensing partnership allowing ZKMK to produce GE 10 advanced technology gas turbines in Kazakhstan. 
ArcelorMittal has agreed to purchase Baffinland for USD 431 million in order to ensure iron ore supply and decrease dependence on Vale, Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.