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TORONTO, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Alumina Corporation (TSX: GLA.U) (the "Company" or "Global Alumina"), announced today that its board of directors have determined the annual general meeting of the Company's shareholders will take place on September 6, 2012. The record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at the annual general meeting has been fixed as August 3, 2012. Further particulars regarding the specific time and venue...
SAN DIEGO, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sloud, Inc., (Pink Sheets: SLOU) announced today that the company subsidiary, LionSoar Minerals has acquired mining and mineral rights to 100 acre parcel of land in Sierra Leone, known as the Kono Diamond Project. Tony Khodadad, CEO of Sloud, Inc., states, "The mining area/license/concessions cover .5 square kilometers (Km2)/50 hectares/100 acres, of what is considered to be an active small scale 'Diamond/precious minerals' mining license....
LONDON, June 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Oil & Gas IQ recently announced that the Global Local Content Summit 2012 will take place in London, United Kingdom on the 24th - 27th September, 2012. Now in its 8th consecutive year, the congress is the largest and most prestigious annual gathering of senior local content decision makers from across the globe. http://www.localcontentsummit.com/news "The recent steady high oil price has driven fresh exploration in the...
TUCSON, Ariz., June 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sloud, Inc., (Pink Sheets: SLOU) announced today that the company has acquired Leone Asset Management, an asset management and mineral exploration company that operates in Freetown Sierra Leone. Consequently, Tony Khodadad will become the new President and CEO of Sloud. The new company will operate two subsidiaries, Leone Asset Management and Southwest BioFuels. Leone Asset Management currently has leases on several mining properties...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa, June 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The high burden of communicable diseases, and the increasing burden of non-communicable diseases in Nigeria, often necessitates specialist hospital care. Although Nigeria has well-equipped tertiary facilities, these do not adequately meet the needs of the entire population, opening up lucrative market opportunities in the hospital construction market. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.medicaldevices.frost.com),...
WASHINGTON, June 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Cote d'Ivoire Coalition: When: Monday, June 11th, 2012, from 12:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. Where: National Press Club, Holeman Lounge, 529 14th Street NW, 13th floor, Washington, D.C. 20045 Speakers: Alain Toussaint, Communication Specialist, Attorneys Joseph Koffigoh, Habiba Toure, Augustin Douoguih, and Political scientists Albert Bourgi, David Gazucki Panel 1International context of the Ivorian...
WASHINGTON, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On behalf of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, The National Press Club's (NPC) International Correspondents Committee will hold a panel discussion on the global impact of the war crimes conviction of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. The event will take place at the NPC's Holeman Lounge on Tuesday, June 5, from 5:30-7 p.m. in Washington, D.C. The panel discussion will feature special prosecutor Stephen J. Rapp,...
Participation reflects government's commitment to Horizon 2020 development plan MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Equatorial Guinea will participate in the annual 65th World Health Assembly, which will be held at the Palais de Nations in Geneva from May 21st through the 26th. This year's assembly will focus primarily on public health issues such as universal health care, the Millennium Development Goals and noncommunicable diseases. In addition,...
TORONTO, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Alumina Corporation (TSX: GLA.U) (the "Company" or "Global Alumina"), a corporation participating in a joint venture to develop an alumina refinery, mine and associated infrastructure in the bauxite-rich region of the Republic of Guinea (the "Project"), announced today its financial and operating results for the three month period ended March 31, 2012. The text of the quarterly unaudited financial statements and management's discussion and...
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, April, 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- World Vision hopes the end of the Charles Taylor trial will refocus the world's attention on the survivors of his atrocities in Sierra Leone. The organization is calling for the international community to strengthen its response to the lasting effects the civil war still has on many in the country. The brutal decade-long civil war displaced one-third of Sierra Leone's residents, left tens of thousands of people dead...
