Print2online CMS 4.0 http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/ ©2007 CBJ http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/files.php?file= http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/ http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/resource_in_action/oct_09/perdaman_industries.html October 09 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:25:00 -0500 Did you know that despite the bounteous supply of coal in Western Australia, gasification has not been considered in the region?That is, until now. Perdaman Chemicals and Fertilisers, of Western Australia, are about to introduce gasification to their home turf with a $2.5 billion US dollars urea manufacturing plant at Collie, Western Australia. IRJ caught up with Andreas Walewski, Corporate Director of Perdaman Industries, to http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/resource_in_action/oct_09/mirrico.html October 09 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:18:00 -0500 Mirrico, a Russian chemical solutions and technology company, was started on April 14th 2000.“Mirrico, the company, began nine years ago. Back then we started under the initiative to produce and manufacture water-based acetate, chromium, crosslinker polymer systems, for the enhanced recovery within the oil industry. We began to manufacture this chemical, then within two years we were trading and becoming involved with many chemical processors http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/resource_in_action/oct_09/ivanhoe_australia.html October 09 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:21:00 -0500 “Ivanhoe has a particular philosophy in that we believe that if you want to find a world-class ore body there’s four things you have to do,” Peter Reeves, CEO and MD of Ivanhoe Australia Limited says.“You have to get a large set of tenements on a great, well-known and historical geological belt. Then you have to find a lot of good quality geologists, then you http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/resource_in_action/oct_09/marengo_mining.html October 09 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:52:00 -0500 Les Emery, Managing Director of TSX and ASX listed Marengo Mining Limited, has been part of the company since its inception back in 2002, when he formed the company.“We went public in Australia in 2003. and acquired the Yandera project in Papua New Guinea (PNG) in 2005. We entered the project as a farm in and then bought out our partner which was a private http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/resource_in_action/oct_09/african_minerals.html October 09 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:15:00 -0500 On September 17, headlines erupted with the news that African Minerals Limited, a mineral exploration company with significant interests in Sierra Leone, West Africa, is in “advanced” talks with Kazakh digger Eurasian Natural Resources (ENRC) and “several large industrial corporations in Asia” over a potential takeover of the company or the creation of a new iron-ore partnership.Just two hours after African Minerals press statements made http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/resource_in_action/oct_09/south_american_silver_corporation.html October 09 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:45:00 -0500 South American Silver Corporation, of Vancouver, British Colombia, has quite the historical tale to tell.“In 1994, I was chief geologist of Chevron Minerals Corp.  When they went out of the mineral business, I started a company called General Minerals Corp and picked up some properties in Chile. At that point in time we were copper-focused. In 1995 we went on the TSX, the Toronto Stock http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/resource_in_action/oct_09/pcm_phl.html October 09 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:14:00 -0500 Michael Fesi was working in construction when things hit rock bottom.“When times got tough in the mid 80s, I started looking for another avenue and I happened to pick up some work with a pipeline company,” says Fesi, who did sub work for another pipeline contractor. Within a couple of years, customers ended up coming to him. That’s when he decided to start his own http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/resource_in_action/oct_09/formula_contractors.html October 09 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:01:00 -0500 British Columbia-based construction company, Formula Contractors, has been an integral part of Western Canadian construction industry since 1977.  Formula Contractors specialises in heavy civil construction with a focus on bridges, earth work, road work, foundations, structures, material handling and renewable and non renewable energy projects ranging from mines to wind farms. Forging into the west is what Formula does best. Currently, the company is undertaking http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/resource_in_action/oct_09/velocity_minerals.html October 09 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:44:00 -0500 Kenneth Holmes, co-President and CEO of Velocity Minerals, a molybdenum mining company based in British Colombia, Canada, first came across mining companies whilst working in public companies and corporate finance.“I’ve been involved both in management and in acting for public companies and one of the fellows I knew was the President of Velocity Minerals, Jerry Diakow ( Gerald Diakow, President, Director and CEO). He had http://www.internationalresourcejournal.com/resource_in_action/oct_09/ag_wind_power.html October 09 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:33:00 -0500 To say that Stuart Cameron, Managing Director of UK based AG Wind Power, has a head for heights is an understatement. In fact, as a former member of the British climbing team, qualifications for working at height don’t come much better.“I’ve always been involved in working at height, so being involved in projects which require men, machinery and equipment being deployed to high-level environments, hundreds The International Resource Journal