Mining in the country of the Africa Cup of Nations champions ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik receives major order for semi-mobile crushing plants

It's a promising kick-off: At the very start of the year ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik GmbH reports a further major order for its Business Unit Processing: Three semi-mobile primary crushing systems are to be supplied to the new Sentinel mine in Zambia, a copper ore mine operated by Kalumbila Minerals Ltd., a subsidiary of First Quantum Ltd. The mine is part of the Trident project launched by the Canadian mining company in the northwest of Zambia in 2011, which also includes the open-pit mines Enterprise and Intrepid.

Fitted with ThyssenKrupp type KB 63-89 gyratory crushers, the most powerful currently available in this market segment, the systems are capable of handing 3,600 tons of copper ore per hour. Startup is scheduled for 2013. With a total value of around 40 million euros, this order is one of the biggest in the history of the Ennigerloh location.

The crushing plants are designed to be relocated as mining progresses. For the relocation of the individual modules, which weigh up to 1,200 tons, ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik is supplying a specially designed transport crawler, only once before built in this size.

The use of semi-mobile systems in ore mining has been gaining increasing acceptance for some years because compared with traditional stationary systems they are cheaper to maintain and operate. They also reduce pollution from dust, waste gases and CO2. "We are constantly developing new processes and products that are more efficient, environmentally friendly and can cover the growing demand for raw materials on a sustainable basis," says Detlef Papajewski, Vice President Crushing Technology.

The Business Unit Processing of ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik GmbH with headquarters in Essen, Germany, has approximately 200 employees and is located in Ennigerloh, Germany. Here, high-performance processing plants for crushing, grading and transporting rock, ore and other mineral resources are developed by a committed team of highly qualified engineers.

ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik is part of the Business Area Plant Technology of ThyssenKrupp AG. With more than 2,800 employees worldwide ThyssenKrupp Fördertechnik is one of the leading suppliers of plants and systems for the mining, processing and handling of raw materials and minerals. Our equipment is used in open-pit mines and quarries, port terminals, power plants and stockyards throughout the world, constantly setting new standards. Innovative concepts, decades of expertise and a global presence enable us to provide expert advice, planning, engineering, design, construction, delivery, installation, commissioning and after-sales service - from individual units to turnkey plants.

Outokumpu announces a share incentive scheme for the CEO related to the Inoxum transaction

The Board of Directors of Outokumpu Oyj has approved the granting of 25 000 Outokumpu shares as a special incentive scheme to the Group's CEO, Mika Seitovirta. Outokumpu is in the process of preparing a rights issue in connection with the implementation of the strategically important Inoxum acquisition announced on 31 January 2012 and the CEO has committed to fully subscribe all the shares which the reward shares entitle to.

The aim of the scheme is to retain the CEO as he has a central role in the successful implementation of the acquisition process and the related integration. The reward shares will be delivered to the CEO no later than 29 February 2012. Outokumpu will pay the taxes and any social security contributions related to the reward shares.

The reward shares are subject to a restriction according to which the reward shares may not be transferred or in any other manner disposed of before 31 March 2015. The reward shares are also subject to a restriction according to which the CEO forfeits the reward shares if his service is terminated or a notice for the termination of the service is given prior to the end of the above restriction period. The reward shares are, in addition, subject to a claw-back provision during the above restriction period.

The reward shares are subject to the share ownership guideline applied by the company to the executive management. The company's other limitations on variable pay will be applied in connection with the delivery of the reward shares.

The reward shares will consist of Outokumpu treasury shares and will, therefore, have no diluting effect.

Citrix and Dell Deliver a Simple VDI Appliance for the Mass Market

New Integrated Turnkey Hardware Appliance Makes Virtual Desktop Deployments As Simple as Assembling Building Blocks

India, February 28, 2012 – Citrix Systems today announced it has teamed with Dell to deliver a new VDI appliance that radically simplifies and accelerates desktop virtualization deployments for the mass market. The Dell DVS Simplified solution with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box™ is an easy, repeatable solution that will be sold through Dell’s global sales team and channels, reaching millions of customers who want to take advantage of the significant business benefits that desktop virtualization offers, such as enhanced mobility and streamlined IT management.

Leveraging the all-in-one Citrix VDI-in-a-Box software, Dell and Citrix have created a simple integrated hardware VDI appliance that is pre-certified to support defined numbers of desktops. Based on the unique VDI-in-a-Box grid architecture running on Dell servers, the Dell DVS Simplified VDI appliance can be easily installed to create and rapidly scale a virtual desktop deployment in response to business needs, making VDI easily consumable by light IT organizations that may have previously lacked the resources and datacenter infrastructure needed for desktop virtualization.

The VDI appliance is backed by a full Citrix Ready® verified ecosystem, providing customers with tested and validated workforce mobility solutions, supporting over one billion devices, including PCs, Macs, thin clients, tablets, smartphones, along with peripherals such as web cams, printers, mice and keyboards. Customers can have full confidence that the VDI appliance works “out-of-the-box” with existing end-user technology. With the strengths of partnerships like Dell, Citrix is making VDI more simple than it has ever been and more ideal to grow on-demand than ever before, allowing businesses of all sizes to enable mobile workstyles for their users.

The industry is moving rapidly from the PC era to the cloud era, and small and medium businesses want to capitalize on the business benefits of desktop virtualization, including driving efficiencies, enabling mobility and improving business continuity, but typically have much tighter budgets and far fewer resources. Citrix VDI-in-a-Box addresses these needs head-on. The VDI-in-a-Box design eliminates multiple moving parts that can potentially result in higher costs and complexity of infrastructure. The unique all-in-one grid architecture enables a building-block approach by leveraging Dell’s off-the-shelf servers. Scaling a deployment involves simply adding additional servers, with nothing to re-architect or reconfigure. Citrix continues to help simplify the purchase and accelerate the adoption of desktop virtualization with these new additions:

· A Simple, Integrated VDI hardware appliance – Dell and Citrix have teamed together to create an integrated hardware VDI appliance that comes pre-certified to support defined numbers of desktops. There is no need to determine how much disk, CPU and RAM to use. Simply unpack the box, power it on and go. Built on the VDI-in-a-Box grid architecture, adding virtual desktops is as simple as adding appliances like building blocks, and high-availability is built-in. This solution simplifies and accelerates VDI deployment especially for non-enterprise customers who may lack the resources and datacenter infrastructure that desktop virtualization may require.

· Support for Mobile Workstyles from Over One Billion Devices – The popular Citrix Ready verification program, which helps customers identify third-party solutions that are recommended for Citrix technologies is now expanded to include testing and validation for VDI-in-a-Box. Using the freely available Citrix Receiver™, users can connect from over one billion devices, including tablets, smartphones, Macs, PCs and thin clients to access their VDI-in-a-Box virtual desktop.

· Certified and Trained Partner Ecosystem – Citrix has launched a comprehensive, self-paced 4-hour technical training curriculum for VDI-in-a-Box available free of charge to qualified partners. Over 1,000 partners have already taken the sales training curriculum for VDI-in-a-Box in the first few weeks of availability. The comprehensive partner sales and technical training is designed to enable the Citrix partner ecosystem to sell to and support the rapidly growing customer base for easy, affordable desktop virtualization with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box.

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Krishna Subramanian, Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, SMB Solutions, Citrix

“We are seeing tremendous customer and partner momentum with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box as SMBs and departments within enterprises seek to capitalize on the benefits of delivering IT services from the cloud by virtualizing desktops. Our relationship with Dell and the new integrated VDI appliance is aimed at making the transition to the cloud a no-brainer for our mutual customers, ultimately breaking down the barriers to VDI adoption for this very important customer segment through a repeatable, simple, affordable and predictable hardware VDI solution.”

Steve Lalla, Vice President and General Manager of Dell’s Mobility Products and Solutions

“Our customers look to Dell as a trusted companion to deploy desktop virtualization solutions that help them promote workforce mobility, business continuity and streamlined IT management. Our new DVS Simplified solution with Citrix VDI-in-a-Box addresses these issues so companies can focus on their core business objectives. Dell’s DVS Simplified dramatically reduces VDI deployment complexity, with nothing to architect, configure or install – simply power it on and go. What’s more, the solution enables businesses of all sizes to realize the benefits of central desktop management that were previously reserved only for the largest enterprises.”

Chris Wolf, Research VP, Gartner

“We have seen strong interest in virtual desktop technology among our client base. However, cost and complexity have been barriers to entry in certain use cases, namely with small businesses and branch office environments. Virtual desktop appliances represent an emerging virtual desktop solution that delivers desktop virtualization’s flexibility and TCO benefits at a reasonable cost and simplicity that many organizations demand.”

About Citrix

Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTXS) transforms how businesses and IT work and people collaborate in the cloud era. With market-leading cloud, collaboration, networking and virtualization technologies, Citrix powers mobile workstyles and cloud services, making complex enterprise IT simpler and more accessible for 260,000 organizations. Citrix products touch 75 percent of Internet users each day and it partners with more than 10,000 companies in 100 countries. Annual revenue in 2011 was $2.21 billion.

Protecting nature and sustaining natural capital make good business sense

SINGAPORE, February 28, 2012: A group of influential business leaders from Singapore, India, Indonesia and Malaysia joined World Bank Group President, Robert B. Zoellick, and members of the Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) to brainstorm new strategies to save wild tigers from extinction and address threats to biodiversity in the region.

With only 3,200 wild tigers left in all of Asia, the meeting of CEOs and regional heads of finance, infrastructure, and transport companies and education groups marks the first in a series to be held throughout the region to bolster support for endangered wild tigers and promote the need to preserve their habitats - with the health of tigers seen as a reflection of the health of surrounding plants and animals.

“Tigers are an iconic species and to think that this species could be eliminated within our lifetime is a terrible tragedy,” Zoellick said.

“Supporting tiger conservation is part of the global development challenge and with the pace of development in the Asia Pacific region, enlisting the support of business and industry fills in the missing piece in the campaign to protect tigers and strengthen biodiversity conservation across the region.”

Zoellick said the World Bank Group, which together with partners such as the Global Environment Facility and the Smithsonian Institution set up the Global Tiger Initiative in 2008- could act as a “connector” in linking industry with environment groups and other agencies seeking to protect tigers and their natural habitats.

“This meeting launches a new conversation with companies and industries at the forefront of change and innovation, and their engagement would bring new business models to enhance the management of national parks and protected areas where wild tigers still roam,” said Keshav Varma, the World Bank’s Program Director for the Global Tiger Initiative.

During the talks in Singapore today, discussion centered on the need to reach out to people across the region and try and change attitudes about tiger products, campaign against poaching and to stress the need for creating a balance between conservation and growth. On the agenda was also discussion about the value of setting up an advisory council of business leaders across the region with the aim of helping conserve wild tigers and advising on the role industry can play in wildlife conservation issues. Participants noted that corporations have any number of opportunities to give back to the communities where they are engaged in business, but they need to set a new standard to preserve the environment and natural habitats for tigers and all wildlife because they are part of the region’s natural heritage.

In 2010, through the efforts of the Global Tiger Initiative and partners, the 13 tiger range countries came together at the “Tiger Summit” in St. Petersburg, Russia, where they unanimously endorsed a comprehensive, 12-year strategy to double the number of tigers in the wild by 2022, the Global Tiger Recovery Program. The Recovery Program estimates that $350 million in incremental financing in the tiger range countries will be necessary over the first five years to bring policy and institutional reform on the ground, with priority given to habitat protection and management, capacity-building, and anti-poaching efforts in national parks and other protected areas across the tiger range.

Group of 20 Advanced Economies Plans Economic Recovery

By MacKenzie C. Babb

Staff Writer

Washington - The Group of 20 advanced economies have worked together to diminish risks to the global economy, but still face significant economic challenges to full recovery, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

"Our focus now is on reforms that will help create a stronger foundation for future growth and broaden economic opportunity," he said. "Our strategy is to combine investments and reforms in education, innovation and infrastructure with tax reforms and savings to restore long-term fiscal sustainability."

The secretary spoke February 26 at the G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors in Mexico City. He commended "encouraging signs of resilience" in economies around the world. Talks at the February 25-26 meeting focused on three key issues: Europe and the economic outlook, global financial reform, and Iran and oil markets.

On Europe, Geithner said the group was encouraged by recent progress on the region's path to financial recovery.

Mexican President Felipe Calderón, who spoke to the ministers February 25, also praised European leaders for implementing new reforms to enable countries in the region to reduce their deficits.

"I am pleased to see that the Euro zone countries are gradually coming up with the required solutions" to strengthen the European economic recovery, he said. "We know that much remains to be done, but these are obviously steps in the right direction."

Geithner said that beyond Europe, steps that many emerging economies have taken during the past several months have helped to support the global economic recovery. He encouraged countries to continue to enact policies to reinforce economic expansion and domestic sources of growth.

On Iran and oil, Geithner said he had a "series of encouraging conversations with countries planning to significantly reduce imports from Iran." He said the G20 partners are cooperating effectively to ensure that banks around the world "cease transactions with the Central Bank of Iran and that Iranian banks find it harder than ever to facilitate Iran's illicit nuclear activities or to help Iran evade sanctions."

The secretary said he was also encouraged by the group's cooperation to ensure alternative sources of oil from major producers to help offset reductions in exports from Iran.

Regarding financial reform, Geithner said the group reviewed the global effort to strengthen safeguards against future risks in the financial system. He said they made important progress on tougher capital standards, discussed strategies for oversight and transparency, and shared information on how to manage financial crises.

The finance ministers' meeting followed a meeting of the G20 foreign ministers in Los Cabos, Mexico, a week earlier. Both meetings came in preparation for the group's annual leaders' summit in Los Cabos in June.

(This is a product of the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S. Department of State.)

Mechel Reports Suspension of Coal Mining at Southern Kuzbass Coal Company’s New-Olzherassk Underground Mine

Moscow, Russia — February 27, 2012 – Mechel OAO (NYSE: MTL), one of the leading Russian mining and metals companies, announces that coal mining at Southern Kuzbass Coal Company OAO’s New-Olzherassk Underground mine’s long wall face # 21-1-7 has been temporarily halted due to coal self-heating.

High levels of carbon monoxide were registered in New-Olzherassk Underground mine’s long wall face # 21-1-7, which is proof of coal self-heating. Mining operations are currently suspended.

Southern Kuzbass Coal Company OAO’s experts are working on measures to eliminate self-heating. Remote sampling yields prompt information on the gas situation in the production area, which is injected with a nitrogen-based foam.

The mine infrastructure, including its transport, ventilation system, dewatering, power facilities and roadheaders, is in working condition and safe.

The timing for resumption of mining will be determined once the project for eliminating self-heating is completed.

Suspension of the mine’s long wall face # 21-1-7 will not cause delay in coal deliveries to customers since there is enough coal at the New-Olzherassk Underground mine warehouse to ensure uninterrupted deliveries within the company’s existing contractual obligations.

This year New-Olzherassk mine has mined over 250,000 tonnes of coal. The coal produced at the mine is mostly used to produce PCI. Mechel is one of the leading Russian companies. Its business includes four segments: mining, steel, ferroalloy and power. Mechel unites producers of coal, iron ore concentrate, nickel, ferrochrome, ferrosilicon, steel, rolled products, hardware, heat and electric power. Mechel products are marketed domestically and internationally.

Amoeba may offer key clue to photosynthetic evolution

Stanford, CA—The major difference between plant and animal cells is the photosynthetic process, which converts light energy into chemical energy. When light isn’t available, energy is generated by breaking down carbohydrates and sugars, just as it is in animal and some bacterial cells. Two cellular organelles are responsible for these two processes: the chloroplasts for photosynthesis and the mitochondria for sugar breakdown. New research from Carnegie’s Eva Nowack and Arthur Grossman has opened a window into the early stages of chloroplast evolution. Their work is published online by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the week of February 27-March 2.

It is widely accepted that chloroplasts originated from photosynthetic, single-celled bacteria called cyanobacteria, which were engulfed by a more complex, non-photosynthetic cell more than 1.5 billion years ago. While the relationship between the two organisms was originally symbiotic, over evolutionary time the cyanobacterium transferred most of its genetic information to the nucleus of the host organism, transforming the original cyanobacterium into a chloroplast that is no longer able to survive without its host.

A similar process resulted in the creation of mitochondria.

To sustain the function of the organelle, proteins encoded by the transferred genes are synthesized in the cytoplasm, or cell’s interior, and then imported back into the organelle. In most systems that have been studied, the transport of proteins into the chloroplast occurs through a multi-protein import complex that enables the proteins to pass through the envelope membranes that surround the chloroplast.

Clearly the events that gave rise to chloroplasts and mitochondria changed the world forever. But it is difficult to research the process by which this happened because it took place so long ago. One strategy used to elucidate the way in which this process evolved has relied on identifying organisms for which the events that resulted in the conversion of a bacterium into a host-dependent organelle occurred more recently.

Nowack and Grossman focused their research on a type of amoeba called Paulinella chromatophora, which contains two photosynthetic compartments that also originated from an endosymbiotic cyanobacterium, but that represent an earlier stage in the formation of a fully evolved organelle.

These compartments, called chromatophores, transferred more than 30 of the original cyanobacterial genes to the nucleus of the host organism. While gene transfer has been observed for other bacterial endosymbionts, the function of the transferred genes has been unclear, since it does not appear that the endosymbionts (in contrast to organelles) are equipped to recapture those proteins, because they do not have appropriate protein import machineries.

The Carnegie team honed in on three of the P. chromatophora transferred genes, which encode proteins involved in photosynthesis, a process localized to the chromatophore. They set out to determine whether these proteins are synthesized in the cytoplasm of the amoeba and whether the mature proteins became localized to the chromatophore.

Using an advanced array of research techniques, they were able to determine that these three proteins are synthesized in the cytoplasm and then transported into chromatophores, where they assemble together with other, internally encoded proteins into working protein complexes that are part of the photosynthetic process.

Interestingly, the process by which these proteins are transported into chromatophores may also be novel and involve transit through an organelle called the Golgi apparatus, prior to becoming localized to the chromatophore. This suggests the occurrence of an initial, rudimentary process for proteins to cross the envelope membrane of the nascent chloroplast. This process ultimately evolved into one that is potentially more sophisticated and that uses specific protein complexes for efficient transport.

“This work demonstrates that P. chromatophora is a potentially powerful model for studying evolutionary processes by which organelles developed,” Nowack said. “Obtaining a comprehensive list of proteins imported into chromatophores, including their functions and origins, as well as understanding the pathway by which these proteins are imported, could provide insight into the mechanism that eukaryotic cells use to ‘enslave’ bacteria and turn them into organelles such as chloroplasts and mitochondria.”

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This research was supported by Michael Melkonian, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, and the National Science Foundation.

The Carnegie Institution for Science (carnegiescience.edu) is a private, nonprofit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with six research departments throughout the U.S. Since its founding in 1902, the Carnegie Institution has been a pioneering force in basic scientific research. Carnegie scientists are leaders in plant biology, developmental biology, astronomy, materials science, global ecology, and Earth and planetary science.