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NEW YORK, April 4, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ardent Mines Limited (OTC Bulletin Board: ADNT) (referred to herein as "Ardent Mines") has retained SRK Consulting (U.S.), Inc. to prepare reports related to two of Ardent Mines' planned acquisitions. These reports include (i) a NI 43-101 compliant technical report regarding the mining concessions of Gold Hills Mining Ltda. in Pernambuco, Brazil; and (ii) an NI 43-101 compliant technical report on the operating Condorsenga Mine located in Huacha,...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command for 120mm mortar ammunition in support of the Marine Corps' Expeditionary Fire Support System (EFSS). The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract has a total potential value of $198.7 million. Two delivery orders totaling $101 million have already been awarded under...
NEW YORK, March 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ardent Mines Limited (OTC Bulletin Board: ADNT) (referred to herein as "Ardent Mines") has agreed to general terms for the purchase of 100% of the shares of Sociedad Minera Las Cumbres SAC ("Las Cumbres"), the operator of a silver mine located in the Churin region of Peru, approximately 150 miles Northeast of the capital city of Lima. Ardent Mines has also entered into an option agreement with Alfredo de Lima SMRL to purchase the mineral rights for...
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aerojet, a GenCorp (NYSE: GY) company, recently demonstrated its alternative warhead technologies in a tactical missile flight environment. The successful demonstrations were conducted to test Aerojet's solution to eliminate unexploded ordnance (UXO) on the U.S. Army's Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS). The three-mission, missile-launched warhead tests were the first live-fire, missile-delivered performance tests conducted by...
TSX-V: ROK VANCOUVER, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Roca Mines Inc. (TSX-V: ROK) ("Roca" or "the Company") announces that an initial geotechnical review of the sill pillar collapse announced on September 21, 2010 has now been completed at the MAX Molybdenum Mine. Management and staff have also developed a revised mine plan to return to production as quickly and safely as possible. Key elements of the revised mine plan reflect management's desire to effectively isolate all future...
PORTLAND, Ore., June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- FUSE Insight Labs today announced the availability of LeadFUSE, a simple and unique interactive form tool designed to replace static online lead capture and contact forms, which typically perform poorly. LeadFUSE interactive forms can be simply deployed via any customer-facing website, landing page or E-mail, breathing fresh life into lead generation activities and measurably improving lead quality and conversion rates. "We were looking for a way to...
Anyone who is an online shopper and humanitarian might find this research project appealing. Physics professor John Scales is working on a low-cost, human-focused, high technology effort to stop the devastation of unexploded buried land mines with a novel acoustical/microwave detection system. The work is described in the Journal of Applied Physics, which is published by the American Institute of Physics (AIP).In a project sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory's Army Research Office,...
ABINGDON, Va., May 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (NYSE: ANR), a leading U.S. coal producer, today announced that seven of its affiliates' mining operations were recognized for their safety performance at the 27th Annual West Virginia State Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association meeting held May 21-22, 2010 at the Stonewall Resort in Roanoke, W.Va. The West Virginia state safety awards were presented to underground mines, surface mines and preparation plants from...
MSHA seeks injunction against 2 mines for interference with inspectors' duties ARLINGTON, Va., May 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that six underground coal mines in Kentucky received numerous citations and closure orders by federal inspectors as a result of the nationwide impact inspections that took place last month. Each of these operations was forced to suspend production until the violations were...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., April 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems has been awarded a $23.9 million option on a previously awarded multi-year contract for production of M795 projectile metal parts. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Army Joint Munitions & Lethality Life Cycle Management Command (JM&L LCMC) of Picatinny Arsenal, N.J. The multi-year contract has a total potential value of $166.7 million if all options are exercised. The work on...
