Industrial/Specialty Minerals

Moe Lavigne, KWG Resources' vice-president of exploration and development, inspects core in 2010 at the Big Daddy chromite deposit in Ontario. Credit: WG Resources

KWG turns to China for help in Ring of Fire

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.'s Rocanville potash facility in Rocanville, Sask. Source: Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan

PotashCorp suspends its newest mine in NB

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. 


TSX drops, Jan 4-8

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…


A screen shot of the wreckage caused by a large-scale tailing dam breach at the Samarco iron-ore joint venture in Brazil's Minas Gerais State. Source: YouTube

Editorial: Top stories of 2015

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,…


US stocks slip, Dec. 11-17

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%…


Tesla Motors   has signed a conditional agreement with joint-venture partners Bacanora Minerals   and Rare Earth Minerals    to secure long-term resources from the juniors' Sonora Lithium project, 180 km northeast of Hermosillo in northern Mexico's Sonora state. Credit: Bacanora Minerals

Patricia Mohr names lithium as one of top picks for 2016

Most mined commodities declined in price this year, but spot prices in China for lithium carbonate actually increased, rising 15% year-on-year to as high as US$7,500 per tonne, making it one of Patricia Mohr’s top picks for 2016.


A rendering of Tesla Motors' planned Gigafactory - which will produce lithium-ion batteries - currently under construction in Storey County, Nevada. Credit: Tesla Motors

Bacanora raises US$13.4M for Mexican lithium project

Just a few months after Bacanora Minerals (TSXV: BCN) and Rare Earth Minerals (LSE: REM) signed a deal with Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) to supply the carmaker with lithium hydroxide from their Sonora lithium project in Mexico, the companies…



Aluminum cuts deepest for facilities in US

Alcoa (NYSE: AA) is idling three of its four U.S. aluminum smelters, taking out annual capacity of 500,000 tonnes of aluminum and 1.2 million tonnes of alumina to curb costs, amid low prices.


US stocks inch up, Oct. 30-Nov. 5

U.S. equities stayed in positive territory, as investors waited for the monthly jobs report and possible reasons for the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates in December. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 107.63 points, or 0.6%, to…


Potash Corp.'s Rocanville potash facility in Rocanville, Sask. Source: Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan

PotashCorp cuts supply to match demand

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (TSX: POT; NYSE: POT) is lowering its potash production levels in response to weaker demand and fertilizer prices for the second half of 2015.



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