Australian Bauxite Limited 2011 Bauxite Drilling Program Underway Full Stea… 2011-01-19

Jan. 18, 2011 - Emerging bauxite exploration and development company, Australian Bauxite Limited has commenced an aggressive 2011 drilling campaign on schedule today in good weather at its fast developing bauxite project at Taralga, near Goulburn, southern NSW. The 2010 drilling campaign ended in Queensland and Tasmania in mid December 2010 and all drilling rigs were sent to Adelaide for full se…

Iluka quarterly report - demand for zircon strong 2011-01-19

Jan. 19, 2011 - Iluka Resources Ltd., the world’s biggest zircon producer, reported a 63.4% lift in revenue for 2010 on its quarterly report.Mineral sand sales revenue after hedging for the December quarter was $295.0 million and $897.8 million for the full 12 months compared with $549.7 million in 2009, reflecting higher sales volumes and higher average zircon prices.Total zircon output in Q4 …

Bosnia alumina plant, bauxite mine agree on supplies 2011-01-18

Jan. 18, 2011 - Bosnia's sole alumina plant Birac and its main bauxite supplier Boksit on Tuesday clinched a deal to secure steady supplies of bauxite following a December row over prices that had endangered Birac's production."The first bauxite supplies will be delivered to Birac today after Boksit and Birac signed a deal on 450,000 tonnes of bauxite feedstock for 2011," the Boksit mine in the …

Strategic Energy Resources kicks off drilling at Uley's Main Road graphite … 2011-01-17

Jan. 17, 2011 - Melbourne-based Strategic Energy Resources commenced drilling at Uley’s Main Road graphite deposit on Saturday 15th of January in order to confirm the shape of the resource.Weather had delayed the drilling by several months, however the company anticipates that the program will take approximately two weeks.A program of at least 10 diamond drill holes will be undertaken and resul…

Orient Abrasive Updates on Scheme of De-merger 2011-01-17

Jan. 15, 2011 - Orient Abrasives Ltd has informed BSE that pursuant to the proposed scheme of De-merger between Orient Abrasives Ltd. and Orient Refractories Ltd., the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi kindly passed an order dated January 11, 2011 directing to convene separate meetings of the equity shareholders, secured creditors and unsecured creditors of Orient Abrasives Limited, the transferor Com…

Sheffield Resources acquires McCalls Heavy Mineral Sands project 2011-01-17

Jan. 17, 2011 - Sheffield Resources has acquired the McCalls Heavy Mineral Sands (HMS) project, located in the world class North Perth Basin mineral sands province.The large scale ex-BHP exploration project has a 1.5-2.5 billion tonne exploration target with high TiO2 ilmenite, potentially suitable for chloride processing or synthetic rutile feedstock.The company plans to evaluate potential for …

Morgan Crucible buys Chinese graphite business 2011-01-17

Jan. 16, 2011 - Morgan Crucible says it is a recognised technical leader in the production of graphite materials for anodes used in lithium ion batteries for portable electronics and electric vehicles.Carbon and ceramic components group Morgan Crucible Company plc has acquired a Chinese graphite supplier, Changsha Hairong New Materials, for 64m RMB (£6.15m) in cash. The company has been re…

GrafTech Appoints Mark R. Widmar President of Engineered Solutions 2011-01-14

PARMA, Ohio, Jan. 13, 2011 - GrafTech International Ltd. today announced that it has appointed Mark R. Widmar as President of the Engineered Solutions segment. Hermanus L. Pretorius, who was previously the President of the Engineered Solutions segment has been appointed President of Seadrift Coke.Mr. Widmar has served as GrafTech's Chief Financial Officer ("CFO") since 2006 and has been a k…

China Shen Zhou Acquired 55% of the Xinyi Fluorite Company 2011-01-14

BEIJING, Jan. 13, 2011 - China Shen Zhou Mining & Resources, Inc. ("China Shen Zhou", or the "Company"), a company engaged in the exploration, development, mining and processing of fluorite, zinc, lead, copper, and other nonferrous metals in China, today announced that its subsidiary Xingzhen Mining Ltd. ("Xingzhen") has signed an equity transfer agreement with the shareholders of Xinyi Fluo…

TATA Refractories to pump in 180 crore in Vizag unit 2011-01-13

Jan. 13, 2011 - It's reported that TATA Refractories Ltd plans to go ahead with its INR 180 crore greenfield capacity expansion at Vizag despite being unable to rope in a strategic partner.Mr AK Chattopadhyay MD of TRL said that "We have decided to go ahead with our expansion plan at Vizag, even though there had been no development on inducting any strategic investor in the company. We will…

SAIL's RDCIS and REFCOM (India) signed MoU for burner blocks 2011-01-13

Jan. 11, 2011 - SAIL‘s R&D Centre for Iron & Steel (RDCIS) has signed an MoU with REFCOM (India) Pvt. Ltd., for joint development of castable based preshaped/prefired burner blocks for reheating/heat treatment furnaces in steel plants.With this agreement is expected to enable RDCIS to improve burner block life leading to higher availability of reheating furnace and reduction in refracto…

Minotaur advances plans to commercialise Poochera kaolin deposit 2011-01-12

Australia is poised from the end of 2012 to have only its second operational kaolin mine, as developer Minotaur Exploration Limited steps up plans to commercialise its world-class, high-grade kaolin deposit near Poochera.Minotaur announced it was accelerating bulk testing of the Poochera deposit east of Streaky Bay, with its objective to now achieve maiden production within two years to meet exp…

Philippine authorities seize ship carrying chromite ore 2011-01-12

Jan. 10, 2011 - Philippine port authorities have seized a Panamanian ship allegedly carrying undocumented chromite ore from a mine in the northern Philippines.Regional port officials say the Panamanian vessel MV Gold Eagle docked at a mining port in the northern Philippine province of Zambales, without permit.Port officer Manuel Estioco says the ship is believed to be carrying chromite ore from …

German Graphit Kropfmuhl makes a record on its 2010 turnover 2011-01-12

Kropfmuhl, Germany, 11 Jan. 2011 - For the first time in its corporate history Graphit Kropfmuhl AG reached a turnover of EUR97.1 million ($126m.) , which means that turnover expectations for 2010 were clearly exceeded, compared to the previous year turnover increased by 15.3%.Graphit Kropfmühl AG specializes in the production of silicon-metal and a globally leading supplier of refined natural …

Orkla Sells Elkem To China National Bluestar For $2B 2011-01-12

Jan. 11, 2011 - Norwegian conglomerate Orkla ASA said Tuesday it has signed a deal to sell its Elkem unit to China National Bluestar for $2 billion.The deal includes Elkem Silicon Materials, Elkem Foundry Products, Elkem Carbon and Elkem Solar, while Orkla will keep Elkem Energi AS and its 85% stake in AS Saudefaldene."It is important to secure that Elkem has a new owner able to further develop …