Lithium Americas (TSX: LAC) has taken a big stride in securing the technical backing to advance its Cauchari-Olaroz lithium brine deposit in northwestern Argentina, as lithium fundamentals improve. The Vancouver-based junior…
A terrorist attack at the airport and a subway station in Brussels that left 35 people dead just before the Easter holiday chilled global markets. The S&P/TSX Composite Index closed…
A smaller-than-expected Canadian trade deficit in January (exports reached $46 billion and export volumes were up 3.6% month-on-month), stronger-than-expected U.S. jobs data and higher commodity prices (U.S. crude rose nearly…
Slow adjustments to potash supply will “prolong the pain of rebalancing,” while power “shifts to the buyers,” Macquarie Research says.
VANCOUVER — Management of Western Lithium (TSX: WLC; US-OTC: WLCDF) finds itself in a fortuitous position following the recent surge of interest in the global lithium industry. The company negotiated a merger with South American…
VANCOUVER — The buzz around the North American lithium market that began last year has blossomed into a full-blown exploration cacophony, with Canadian juniors flocking to stake ground in marketable proximity to Elon Musk’s…
The world’s largest manganese producer is taking a machete to supply so that it can rebalance the market.
A railway design and engineering company named China Railway First Survey & Design Institute Group Co. (FSDI) and owned by China Railway Construction, one of China’s three major state-owned rail groups, is teaming with KWG…
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX: POT; NYSE: POT) is indefinitely suspending its new Picadilly potash mine in New Brunswick to lower its company-wide costs — dismissing roughly 430 workers.
Canada’s benchmark index posted a triple-digit loss in the new year. The S&P/TSX Composite Index fell 4.3%, or 564.5 points to 12,445.45, despite a positive jobs report. The S&P/TSX Capped Diversified Metals & Mining Index…
Phew, was 2015 a tough year for miners! As we look back and tie a bow around the fourth year of the downturn in commodity prices and the mining sector, we see an industry in defensive mode, spending more time and energy reacting to harsh,…
U.S. equities closed lower, despite receiving a boost after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5% to 17,495.84, while the S&P 500 Index lost 0.5% to close at 2,041.89. The Nasdaq dipped 0.8%…
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