Mindoro explores in the Philippines
Canadian-based Mindoro Resources Ltd will start exploring its gold, copper and nickel mine in northern Mindanao, Philippines in the third quarter. USA: natural gas plant
The Tennessee Valley Authority has decided to build an USD 820 million natural gas power plant in NE Tennessee to comply with a North Carolina lawsuit over air quality. Aker Solutions opens Canadian facility
Aker Solutions has opened its new 90,000sq/ft manufacturing facility in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. Nickel smelter maintenance
Infrastructure holding two smelter furnaces in place at Vale Inco's Copper Cliff Smelter in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada must be inspected and repaired or replaced every 18 months. Titanium 2009 announces keynote speaker
The International Titanium Association has announced that its keynote speaker at TITANIUM 2009 will be Simon Pickup, Director of Business Operations and Analysis for Airbus, who will present his company’s Global Market Forecast for aircraft demand over the next 20 years. 
Xstrata Nickel’s Sudbury Operations has announced the indefinite suspension of mining operations at its Montcalm Mine in Timmins, Ontario, Canada after a geotechnical review showed structural damage to the mine. 
Severstal North America Inc. has signed a letter of intent to sell its Allenport, Washington County, plant to a California-based company that wants to reopen the plant this fall. Severstal expects to complete the deal in August with North American Trading Co. of Chino Hills, California, which is owned by William R Kingston. 
Crowflight Minerals Inc. has reported additional assay results from underground drilling results at its wholly-owned Bucko Lake Nickel Mine located in the Thompson Nickel Belt near Wabowden, Manitoba, Canada. 
Buffalo’s newest waterfront attraction, a stainless steel sculpture entitled “Energy Weave,” has been completed in front of Rigidized Metals on Ohio Street in Western New York. 
US-based Magnatrol now offers its Stainless Steel Solenoid valve in a 3in size.