Basic Material Unusual Volume: Alderon Iron Ore Corp (NYSEMKT:AXX), Hawkins (NASDAQ:HWKN), Forbes Energy Services (NASDAQ:FES), Bolt Technology (NASDAQ:BOLT)

Alderon Iron Ore Corp. Ordinary Shares (Canada) (NYSEMKT:AXX) announced that the Kami Mine Limited Partnership, an affiliate of Alderon, has signed a Life Cycle Services Agreement with Metso Minerals Canada Inc with respect to the development of the Kami Iron Ore Project located in western Labrador. Alderon Iron Ore Corp. Ordinary Shares (Canada) (NYSEMKT:AXX) stock performance was -4.92% in last session and finished the day at $1.16. Traded volume was 67,114.00million shares in the last session and the average volume of the stock remained 2.91K shares. Alderon Iron Ore Corp. Ordinary Shares (Canada) (NYSEMKT:AXX) insider ownership is 19.87%.

On May 29, 2014, Hawkins, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWKN) issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing the repurchase of up to 300,000 shares of its outstanding common stock from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. Hawkins, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWKN) rose 0.71 percent to $36.86 Friday on volume of 327,276.00million shares. The intra-day range of the stock was $36.26 to $37.00. Hawkins, Inc. (NASDAQ:HWKN) has a market capitalization of $391.18million.

Forbes Energy Services (NASDAQ:FES) COO Charles C. Forbes sold 16,290 shares of the stock on the open market in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $4.40, for a total value of $71,676.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer now directly owns 2,997,992 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $13,191,165. Forbes Energy Services Ltd. (NASDAQ:FES)’s stock on June 27, 2014 reported a increase of 0.98% to the closing price of $4.52. Its fifty two weeks range is $2.93 -$5.31. The total market capitalization recorded $98.10million. The overall volume in the last trading session was 680,449.00million shares. In its share capital, FES has 21.70million outstanding shares.

Bolt Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:BOLT) on 24 Apr 2014 announced financial results for the third quarter and the first nine months of fiscal year 2014. Sales for the third quarter of fiscal year 2014, the three months ended March 31, 2014, amounted to $15,716,000 compared to $11,243,000 for the third quarter of fiscal year 2013. Net income for the quarter amounted to $2,456,000 ($0.28 per share) compared to $1,381,000 ($0.16 per share) for the third quarter of fiscal year 2013. On Friday, shares of Bolt Technology Corp. (NASDAQ:BOLT) advanced 3.09% to close the day at $17.69. Company return on investment (ROI) is 9.20% and its monthly performance is recorded as -1.23%. Bolt Technology Corp. (NASDAQ:BOLT) quarterly revenue growth is -1.23%.