The Arch Coal Foundation will again award Delta County teachers grants to support innovative teaching ideas in the 2008-09 school year. Arch Coal’s Mountain Coal Co. and its West Elk mine employ almost 450 people in the county.
Apollo Gold Corp. of Denver announced that repairs at the mill at Montana Tunnels in Jefferson City, Mont., were completed ahead of schedule and the mill resumed production Saturday.
Delta Petroleum Corp. of Denver announced that the company has received approval for an increase in the borrowing base under its bank credit facility from $140 million to $250 million.
Accelr8 Technology Corp., a Denver-based developer of applications in medical instrumentation, basic research, drug discovery and biodetection, has signed an agreement with Becton Dickinson and Co. with respect to Accelr8’s BACcel rapid pathogen diagnostics platform. Under the agreement, BD will fund a research program at Accelr8 to support BD’s product-development planning.
Tombstone Cards Inc. of Boulder, announced it has purchased the underlying technology kernel for Tombstone’s OIEPrint software from its Europe-based partner InDis-Baltic.
Merrick & Co., an Aurora-based facility-design and -construction firm, signed two contracts with Los Alamos National Security LLC to provide architecture, engineering and construction services for modifications to systems and facility features at Technical Area 55 at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. The two 14-year contracts are worth up to $105 million.
Ceragenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced positive results from its study comparing the safety and efficacy of its EpiCeram Skin Barrier Emulsion to that of Elidel Cream in the treatment of mild to moderate pediatric atopic dermatitis.
Ohlson Lavoie Collaborative of Denver will serve as the architect of record on the design of the Cairo Financial Center in Egypt. The center will have 8.1 million square feet of office, conference, hotel, retail and parking space.
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder has been selected to support seven NASA astrophysics strategic mission concept studies for its next generation of major space observatories.
Solera National Bank of Lakewood has formed a partnership with James Muniz, exclusive agent for Allstate Insurance Co., to establish a satellite agency office in each of Solera’s existing and future branch locations.
The Royal Gorge Route Railroad will kick off its 10th summer season Saturday with three daily departures through the Royal Gorge near Cañon City.
