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Alcoa Groundbreaking Launches $90 Million Aluminum Lithium Operation

Alcoa celebrated the launch of construction of its greenfield state-of-the-art aluminum lithium facility at a groundbreaking event attended by Lafayette employees, and community and state partners. Adjacent to its existi...

17 May 2012

New Market Research Report On Australia Oil and Gas Industry

Reportlinker.com has added a new report on the outlook of the Australian oil and gas industry. The report by OGAnalysis covers the complete value chain of the industry.

16 May 2012

Texas Wyoming Drilling Inks Contract to Lease Claims on Quartz Mountain Project

Texas Wyoming Drilling (TWDL) has declared that the company has signed a contract to lease 13 claims out of 27, which are located on the Quartz Mountain project. This project is situated in Malheur County of Oregon.

16 May 2012

Uranium Energy Buys Rights to Explore Channen Exploration Project for Uranium

Uranium Energy (UEC), a US-based exploration and development company that is operating in North America’s new uranium mine, has declared the purchase of the rights for exploring the Channen project for uranium.

From Uranium Energy Corp. 16 May 2012

Zenyatta Ventures Updates on Current Drilling at Albany Graphite Deposit

Zenyatta Ventures has reported the updates on the present drill program carried out at the Albany Graphite deposit.

16 May 2012

Harvest Gold Enters LOI on Esker Project Within Pickle Lake, Ontario

Harvest Gold has declared that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with DLK Minerals with the intent to purchase the Esker project in the neighborhood of Pickle Lake, Ontario.

From Harvest Gold Corporation 14 May 2012

Ring of Fire Decision Ill-Considered Says Greenstone Mayor

Mayor Renald Beaulieu of Greenstone, the closest municipality to the Ring of Fire mineral find, was underwhelmed by today's announcement from Cliffs Natural Resources to locate the chromite refinery near Sudbury.

10 May 2012

Seadrill Inks Turnkey Construction Contract for New Harsh Environment Semi-Submersible Drill Rig

Seadrill has signed a turnkey agreement with Hyundai Samho Shipyard to build a new semi-submersible drill rig that can withstand harsh environmental conditions. This new drill is a sister drill rig of the harsh environment semi-submersible unit, which is being currently constructed at Jurang Shipyard in Singapore by North Atlantic Drilling, a subsidiary of Seadrill.

8 May 2012

Standard Graphite Outlines Major Conductor at Sandy Lake Property

Standard Graphite has defined a major conductor over the Sandy Lake property, through the aerial geophysical TDEM survey analysis carried out by Aeroquest International during March 2012. The property lies some 20 km towards the southeastern part of the town of Fermont in Québec.

3 May 2012