PORT ALBERNI, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – March 10, 2010) – CUPE 118, municipal workers in Port Alberni, sponsored the first playoff hockey game of the Alberni Valley Bulldogs last night as part of their action to build community support for public services.

Cadmium prices soared on Wednesday after a flurry of business was booked in the first half of the week above 200 cents per lb for both grades of the minor metal

BHP Billiton sold manganese ore into China for the first time in three weeks in the week ended March 7, mostly at prices level with its sales at the end of January

TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – March 8, 2010) – ANDINA Minerals Inc.

US companies will spend more this year on digital and online advertising and marketing than on print for the first time ever, according to a study released on Monday.

(PhysOrg.com) — A group of researchers in Japan have succeeded for the first time in superconducting power transmission of direct current over two hundred meters.

A First for ITVS, Move Represents a Huge Innovation in Public Media; Series Will Debut March 8, 2010 on http://www.futurestates.tv

Chinese domestic ferro-silicon prices have fallen below 6,000 yuan ($878) per tonne for the first time since mid-December.

DULLES, VA–(Marketwire – March 8, 2010) –  Metron Aviation, a leading provider of Air Traffic Management (ATM) services and solutions, announced today that former FAA Administrator Jane Garvey has joined its Board of Directors. Appointed by President Clinton in 1997, Garvey was the first FAA administrator to serve a five-year term and the first woman appointed to that role. 

Chemical engineers have built a sensor array that, for the first time, can detect single molecules of hydrogen peroxide emanating from a single living cell.