MONTREAL, QUEBEC (MARKET WIRE) OREX EXPLORATION INC. (TSX VENTURE: OX) (FRANKFURT: O5D) is pleased to announce the closing of a non-brokered private placement of $794,700, consisting of 13,245,000 units. As previously announced, each unit, at a price of $0.06 per unit, consists of one common share a...

TORONTO, ONTARIO (MARKET WIRE) QUEENSTON MINING INC. (TSX: QMI)(FRANKFURT: QMI)(STUTTGART: QMI)(BERLIN: QMI) ("the Company") announced today that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by Primary Capital Inc. including Dundee Securities Corporation and National Bank Fi...

MALTA, NY (MARKET WIRE) Applied NanoWorks (ANW), an inorganic materials development company, has announced FlexB(TM), a boron-based, non-halogenated flame retardant (FR) additive for nylon, epoxies and water-based coatings. Material testing has achieved UL-94 V-0 ratings with FlexB loading levels as...

LYNN, MA (MARKET WIRE) With the current economy hitting businesses hard, companies of all sizes are tightening their belts and looking to save money anywhere they can. One way material handling companies can save money is by ordering metal shelving with a higher capacity rather than thickness says A...

GALWAY, IRELAND (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Construction of the Mongstad Power Station, located on the west coast of Norway, north of Bergen at the site of StatoilHydro ASA's (NYSE: STO) (Stavanger, Norway) Mongstad Refinery, is expected to be completed...

GALWAY, IRELAND (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Total SA (NYSE: TOT) (Paris, France), a leading integrated oil and gas company, has earmarked funds of $206 million for the scheduled overhaul of the Donges refinery, the firm's second largest refinery in Fr...

WASHINGTON, DC (MARKET WIRE) The 2009 Green Inaugural Ball showcased the "big green tent" -- a broad movement which is building the green economy, advancing clean and efficient energy and restoring America's land and water resources. It celebrated the new green economy that will advance clean and ef...

ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA (MARKET WIRE) Intercim, LLC, a global leader in manufacturing operation management (MOM) software, announced today it will be presenting at ARC's Thirteenth Annual Orlando Forum, titled "Winning Strategies and Best Practices for Sustainable Manufacturing." Intercim's Judson Plapp...

CELEBRATION, FL (MARKET WIRE) M. Jack Kugler, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of U.S. Precious Metals, Inc. (OTCBB: USPR) ("USPR"), announced the appointment of Jesus Oliveras as Secretary and Treasurer of USPR to serve until his successor is duly appointed....

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA (MARKET WIRE) Hard Creek Nickel Corporation (TSX: HNC) has contracted Norilsk Process Technology Pty Ltd. (NPT) to determine the viability of the Activox(R) technology as the hydrometallurgical process to extract nickel and cobalt from the Turnagain deposit concentrate. T...