Trigon Uranium takes 50% interest in Intercont’l Potash
Surging prices for potash are turning even uranium exploration companies into plays on the coveted commodity. Trigo…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
BHP takes out JV potash partner
VANCOUVER — BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) is moving decisively into the potash business by acquiring its joint-venture partner Anglo Potash (AGP-V, AGPOF-O) in an all-cash deal worth $284 million.
Progress for Marengo’s PNG copper-moly feasibility
Marengo Mining (MRN-T, MGO-A) is considering the financial merit behind a 50-million-tonne-per-year copper-molybden…
Tenajon focuses in on molybdenum (May 15, 2008)
Vancouver – With a 13-hole drill program Tenajon Resources (TJS-V) has boosted the indicated molybdenum resources a…
BHP Billiton takes out JV potash partner
Vancouver – BHP Billiton (BHP-N, BLT-L) is moving decisively into the potash business by acquiring its joint-ventur…
New junior goes after potash in Manitoba
A new potash explorer, Western Potash (WPX-V), officially listed on the TSX Venture Exchange today after completing…
Nautilus gets developer for Solwara 1
Seafloor exploration-focused Nautilus Minerals( NUS-T)has awarded a contract to Technip USA Inc. to develop its deep sea Solwara 1 project, situated in the territorial waters of Papua New Guinea in th…
Thompson Creek weighs risk and reward at Davidson (April 28, 2008)
VANCOUVER — Risk-averse major mining companies didn’t rush to revive molybdenum properties as prices began to climb in 2004, after averaging US$4.50 per lb. for a decade. They’d seen moly prices soar…
Deep molybdenum at Crazy Fox
Vancouver – Newmac Resources’ (NER-V) continued efforts at the Crazy Fox molybdenum project in central B.C. are pay…
Korean group partners with Baja to cover swelling costs at El Boleo
A South Korean group has agreed to kick in US$435 million to help develop Baja Mining’s (BAJ-T) El Boleo copper pro…
Galway looks to improve Victorio economics (April 23, 2008)
Galway Resources (GWY-V) is using the recommendations from a scoping study on its Victorio molybdenum-tungsten proj…
Thompson Creek weighs risk and reward at Davidson (April 21, 2008)
Vancouver — Risk-averse major mining companies didn’t rush to revive molybdenum properties as prices began to clim…