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CLEVELAND, June 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cliffs Natural Resources Inc. (NYSE: CLF) (Paris: CLF) today announced that it is reducing its full-year 2012 thermal coal sales and production volume expectations from 1.1 million tons to approximately 800,000 tons at its Toney Fork No. 2 surface mine in Man, WV. The adjustment is driven by a softer U.S. pricing environment for thermal coal products. The decreased volumes will result in the reduction of 46 hourly positions at the mining...

-- SUBSTANTIAL SAVINGS IN ENERGY, CAPITAL COSTS AND SPACE -- IMPROVEMENT IN TiO2RECOVERY MONTREAL, June 13, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Argex Mining Inc. ("Argex") (TSXV: RGX) (FSE: ASV) (OTCBB: ARGEF) announced today a milestone breakthrough has been achieved to the iron recovery circuit at its pilot plant in Mississauga, Ontario where the patented CTL process is running continuously. Continued process improvements on solvent extraction for the iron circuit have...

TSX.V: AWS VANCOUVER, June 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Robert L. Card, President, Arrowstar Resources Ltd., ("Arrowstar" or the "Company") (TSXV: AWS), is pleased to report on the Company's recent site visit to Port Snettisham, 60 kilometres from Juneau, Alaska. Arrowstar's Vice President Exploration, Phillip Thomas, and two assistants visited the property by seaplane and noted a significant amount of ultra mafic rock outcrop along the foreshore for the length of the property. ...

TSX.V: AWS VANCOUVER, June 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Robert L. Card, President of Arrowstar Resources Ltd.,   ("Arrowstar" or the "Company") (TSXV: AWS), is pleased to report that Company personnel have expedited to Alaska to begin the first exploration Phase on the Company's Alaska iron ore project located near Port Snettisham, about 30 miles SE of Juneau, the State Capitol of Alaska. The team is composed of Senior Geologist and Vice President of Exploration, Phillip Thomas,...

-- Increased feedstock grade significantly increases TiO2output tonnage -- Increased feedstock grade significantly decreases opex per tonne of TiO2production MONTREAL, June 5, 2012 /CNW Telbec/ - Argex Mining Inc. ("Argex") (TSXV: RGX) (FSE: ASV) (OTCBB: ARGEF) is pleased to report the results of a TiO(2) grade sensitivity study. The objective of the study was to evaluate the impact of different TiO(2) grades of ilmenite feedstock on the...

TSX-V: AWS Highlights: -- Magnometry, geochemistry sampling and reconnaissance exploration program to cover key magnetic anomalies identified in the centre of the tenements located about 40km northwest of Kangirsuk and 1,647 km north of Montreal, Quebec. -- The Roberts Lake property is composed of 128 claims in the Ungava Bay iron formation. Property in the area has been drilled in 1970 and again in...

New market study “Iron Ore Mining Market in Europe to 2020 - Abundant Reserves and Global Demand for Steel Likely to Drive Production” prepared by GBI Research has been recently published by Market Publishers Ltd. According to the report, recent developments in the global iron ore market, driven primarily by the rapid industrialization of China, mark the beginning of deep changes in the structure and dynamics of the market and are putting steelmakers’ profitability at risk. London,...

NEW YORK, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- China Digital Venture Corporation (OTCBB: CDVV; "China Digital" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has signed a memorandum of understanding between the shareholder group of Sao Camilo Mineradora Ltda. Group ("Sao Camilo") to acquire a strategic equity interest in Sao Camilo. Sao Camilo was founded in 2006 with the objective of developing an iron ore processing project -- The Sao Camilo Project -- to produce and export pellet...

Highlights: -- Magnometry and geochemistry sampling exploration program to cover approximately 71 line kilometers over 49 contiguous claims covering 1,012 acres that comprise the Port Snettisham property, located about 30 miles (50 km) southeast of Juneau, Alaska. -- Reconnaissance on significant exploration including geophysics and 11 hole drill program, metallurgy and benefication work...

NEW YORK, May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM), the company that operates the world's largest electronic marketplace for OTC-traded equities, today announced that Champion Minerals Inc. (OTCQX: CPMNF; TSX: CHM), an iron ore exploration and development company, is now trading on the highest tier of the OTC market, OTCQX®. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110118/MM31963LOGO ) Champion Minerals began trading today on the OTC market's...