Industrial/Specialty Minerals

Drilling equipment at Lumina's Taca Taca project in Argentina. Source: Lumina Copper

Lumina completes PEA on Taca Taca

A preliminary economic assessment of Lumina Copper’s (LCC-V) enormous Taca Taca project, among the world’s top-tier undeveloped copper deposits, demonstrates a US$2.1-billion after-tax net present value and a 17.2% after-tax…




REE-mineralized rock at Great Western Minerals' Steenkampskraal rare earths project, 350 km north of Cape Town, South Africa. Source: Great Western Minerals

Great Western reveals PEA for South African REE mine

VANCOUVER — It has been a busy start to the year for Saskatoon-based rare earth outfit Great Western Minerals (GWG-V) and its past-producing Steenkampskraal project, 350 km north of Cape Town, South Africa. The company kicked off 2013…


MBAC posts cost hikes, delays at Itafos

MBAC Fertilizer (MBC-T) is raising $50.1 million to cover further cost escalations and delays at its Itafos Arraias single superphosphate (SSP) project in central Brazil.


Mercator Minerals' Mineral Park copper-molybdenum mine in northwestern Arizona. Source: Mercator Minerals

Mercator eyes better days ahead

Mercator Minerals (ML-T) had a difficult year in 2012, but one that ended with improved operations and a stronger balance sheet, despite taking a US$119.8-million writedown on its El Creston molybdenum-copper project in Mexico’s Sonora…



Mercator takes US$120M writedown on El Creston

Mercator Minerals (ML-T) had a difficult year in 2012 but one that ended with improved operations and a stronger balance sheet, despite taking a US$119.8 million  write-down on its El Creston molybdenum-copper project in Mexico.  


Great Western's Steenkampskraal project in South Africa. Source: Great Western Minerals

Great Western reveals PEA for South African REE mine

VANCOUVER — It has been a busy start to the year for Saskatoon-based rare earth outfit Great Western Minerals (GWG-V) and its past-producing Steenkampskraal project located roughly 350 km north of Cape Town, South Africa. The company…





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