Maryland develops solar power installation
Constellation Energy has been selected by the US state of Maryland to develop an approximately 15.9MW DC solar photovoltaic power installation under the state's Generating Clean Horizons initiative. First Quantum buys Ravensthorpe
BHP Billiton has signed an agreement to sell the Ravensthorpe Nickel Operation to First Quantum Minerals Australia Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian-based First Quantum Minerals Ltd, for USD 340 million. USA: Biorefinery Projects
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has announced over USD 600 million in grants and loan guarantees to help build 19 new biorefinery projects to produce advanced biofuels and biobased chemicals from renewable feedstocks. Copper-cored titanium conductivity wire
Anomet Products Inc. of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, US, has released a full range of copper-cored titanium and nickel clad high conductivity rod, wire, and bus bar for high current applications in hostile environments. Questek wins three SBIR Phase 1 awards
QuesTek Innovations LLC has been awarded three Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects to design and develop new alloys for the US Department of Energy and the Office of Naval Research. 
Allegheny Technologies Inc. has signed a five-year agreement with Spirit AeroSystems for the supply of nickel-based alloy and superalloy flat-rolled products for commercial airframe applications. 
Vale SA workers are set to extend a strike at a nickel mine in Canada after a five-month walkout that took about 10% of world supplies off the market and pushed up prices. 
ADA-ES Inc. and Energy Capital Partners’ joint venture ADA Carbon Solutions LLC (ACS) has announced that the US Department of Energy has offered a loan guarantee to ACS’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Red River Environmental Products (RREP). 
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.