Industrial/Specialty Minerals

Core boxes stacked at Largo Resources' Maracas vanadium project in Brazil. Source: Largo Resources

Cashed-up Largo to enlarge stake in Maracas

A $10-million private placement that closed on Nov. 1 gives strategic metals junior Largo Resources (LGO-V) the juice it needs to purchase the remaining 10% of the Maracas vanadium project in Brazil that it doesn’t already own.


Rival bid emerges for Talison

A Chinese conglomerate with interests in battery making and lithium production has trumped an earlier takeover bid for Talison Lithium (TLH-T) by New Jersey-based chemical maker Rockwood Holdings (ROC-N).




Thompson Creek slumps, but Mt. Milligan still on track

Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N) sinks deeper into the red as it continues to build the $1.5-billion Mount Milligan copper-gold mine in central B.C., posting a third-quarter net loss of US$48.2 million, or US29¢ a share, compared…


Cashed-up Largo to enlarge stake in Maracas

A $10 million private placement that closed on Nov. 1 gives strategic metals junior Largo Resources (LGO-V) the juice it needs to purchase the remaining 10% of the Maracas vanadium project in Brazil that it doesn’t already own.


Drillers at Frontier Rare Earths' Zandkopsdrift rare earth project, 450 km north of Cape Town, South Africa. By Frontier Rare Earths.

Frontier Rare Earths inks new deal with Kores

A little under a year ago, South Korean government-owned mining and natural resources investment company Korea Resources Corp. (Kores) signed a deal with Frontier Rare Earths (FRO-T) to take a 10% interest and get the rights to an equal…


Amerigo Resources' MVC copper-molybdenum tailings processing plant beside the El Teniente copper mine in Chile. By Amerigo Resources.

Amerigo happy to live in Codelco’s shadow

Amerigo Resources (ARG-T), which continues to produce copper and molybdenum from the tailings of Codelco’s 108-year-old El Teniente mine in Chile, saw its shares rise after solid third-quarter production results. 


Potash Corp. declines comment on Israel Chemical

In a letter  to the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Israel Corporation, the parent company of Israel Chemical, said Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan (POT-T, POT-N) has held talks with the Israeli Government about raising its stake in the…


The mill building under construction at Canada Lithium's Quebec lithium project. By Canada Lithium.

Canada Lithium to kick off production in 2013

Canada Lithium (CLQ-T) has raised its game with an updated feasibility study for its Quebec Lithium mine, showing the project is on track to start producing in 2013 and rake in better returns, triggering analysts to lift their price…


Drillers at American Vanadium's Gibellini vanadium project in Nevada. By American Vanadium.

American Vanadium’s evolution fuelled by technology gains

Just under two years ago, Vancouver-based American Vanadium (AVC-V) envisioned itself as a specialty-metals miner. The company had planned to put its 100%-owned Gibellini vanadium deposit situated 400 km east of Reno in central Nevada into…


Consul-Teck Exploration president Jean-Raymond Lavalle exploring at Critical Elements' Rose tantalum-lithium project in Quebec. By Critical Elements.

Critical Elements banks on Rose’s tantalum and lithium

“You know, when you find a mine in your life, you are lucky,” says Jean-Sébastien Lavallée, president and CEO of Critical Elements (CRE-V), which is advancing a bankable feasibility study on the Rose tantalum-lithium…


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