Quadra attracts Sumitomo to Sierra Gorda
Quadra FNX Mining (QUX-T) is hooking up with Sumitomo to develop the sizable Sierra Gorda copper-molybdenum project in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile.
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Majors pour billions into Eastern Canada
It’s not quite as exciting as a new mine built from scratch on a substantial mineral discovery but, in dollar terms, the recent expansions announced by majors active in eastern Canada all add up significant economic activity.
General Moly presents at Goldman Sachs conference
Investors always like to know when chief executives buy stock in the companies they head. So it didn’t pass unnoticed last week when Bruce Hansen, chief executive of General Moly, (GMO-T, GMO-X) spent US$99,250 on the purchase of 25,000…
New lithium junior debuts on the Venture
New lithium junior, International Lithium (ILC-V), listed on the Venture Exchange today, opening at 25¢ apiece.
Iamgold sees big potential at Niobec (May 23, 2011)
By re-evaluating the mining method at its niobium-producing Niobec mine in Quebec, Iamgold (IMG-T, IAG-N) found that it could significantly increase the contained resource and production rates with a switch to bulk mining.
Canada Lithium revises Quebec Lithium’s resource
It has been a bumpy ride for Canada Lithium (CLQ-T) this year as it recently lowered its measured and indicated resource estimate for its Quebec Lithium project near Val d’Or, Que., to about one-third the amount previously estimated last…
Allana keeps growing Dallol
Allana Potash (AAA-V) continues to define what is shaping into a world-class potash play in Ethiopia.
Woulfe aims to re-start Sangdong mine in 2013
At its height, the Sangdong mine in South Korea was one of the largest tungsten-molybdenum mines in the world. But after a 40-year run, the mine, located 170 km southeast of Seoul, was shut down in 1993 when the price of ammonium paratungstate…
Stan Bharti explains Forbes & Manhattan’s market success
Vancouver – Hitting it big with one company during a career spanning more than two decades in the public mining sphere is certainly commendable. Two big market successes might even be considered remarkable. When it reaches three or more,…
Western Potash expands resource
Western Potash (wpx-v) has boosted measured resources by 55%, indicated resources by 34% and inferred resources by 25% at its Milestone potash project in Saskatchewan, about 50 km south of Mosaic’s (mos-n) Belle Plaine mine, one of the world’s…
Karnalyte sees swan in ugly duckling carnallite
Robin Phinney thought he had put a successful career as a chemical engineer behind him, but the search for the world’s next great potash deposit proved too enticing to resist.
Industry group worries about rare-earth supply
How fast Chinese exports of rare earths get to zero is the $64,000 question, Keith Delaney, executive director of the Rare Earth Industry and Technology Association, told participants on a private conference call on March 31.