American Vanadium targets 2012 for Gibellini production (March 10, 2011)
A little ways off a quiet highway in eastern Nevada, freshly re-branded American Vanadium (AVC-V) is working to bring a vanadium heap-leach operation to life.
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Pele Mountain adds REEs to the mix
When Pele Mountain Resources (GEM-V) completed a scoping study in 2007 on its Eco Ridge mine project in Elliot Lake, Ont., the company didn’t even bother to include the deposit’s rare earth elements as a byproduct of the project’s planned…
Spotlight on vanadium
Lithium has grabbed much of the headlines over the last few years when the subject of key metals of the future comes up. But more and more investors are paying attention to vanadium for the metal’s unique attribute of fitting in with two future…
Cliffs says Ontario’s electricity prices are too high
Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) is warning that high electricity rates in Ontario are forcing it to widen its search for a location to build a proposed ferrochrome production facility that will use a closed electric arc furnace to treat ore…
New play on Brazilian potash set to arrive
For investors hungry for a new way to play rising food prices through potash juniors, a new avenue with experienced management should soon be arriving in Toronto.
Vanadium: metal of future and present.
Lithium has grabbed much of the headlines over the last few years when the subject of key metals of the future comes up. But more and more investors are paying attention to vanadium for the metals unique attribute of fitting in with two future…
The case for tungsten
While gold, silver, copper and rare earths have been drawing much of the markets’ attention in the metals space recently, another metal has been quietly gathering steam.
Avalon bulks up Nechalacho
Avalon Rare Metals (AVL-T, AVL-X) has added significantly to the indicated and inferred resources at its Nechalacho rare earth elements (REE) deposit in the Northwest Territories after a summer of drilling.
Geomega shares roar after stand-out hole
All is it took was one hole to get the market in a tizzy over Geomega Resources’ (GMA-V) Montviel rare earths property in Quebec. But what a hole it was. The hole in question assayed 1.24% total rare earth oxides (TREO) over its entire 480…
With all the fuss about potash, where’s the love for phosphate?
Rising food prices have turned the conversation in many mining circles to potash, and potash juniors have benefited as they’ve been some of the best performers in Toronto over the last month.
Commerce gets more rare-earth assays
Assays for the final five holes from Commerce Resources’ (cce-v, cmrzf-o) 2010 drill program at its Ashram rare-earth zone on its Eldor project in northern Quebec bring the junior one step closer to completing a National Instrument 43-101…
Cliffs says high electricity prices in Ontario are a challenge
Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) warned in a conference call today that high electricity rates in Ontario are forcing it to widen its search for a location to build a proposed ferrochrome production facility that will utilize a closed electric…