Industrial/Specialty Minerals

Core samples at Avalon Rare Metals' Nechalacho rare earth elements project near Thor Lake, N.W.T.

Avalon’s Nechalacho prefeasibility proves positive

Avalon Rare Metals’ (AVL-T) president Don Bubar is reminding investors and analysts that the $899.7-million price tag to develop Canada’s first primary rare earth element mine — the Nechalacho projec…





MBAC plans to mine phosphate in Brazil

Brazil has a fertilizer problem and a company called MBAC Fertilizer (MBC-T) is looking to capitalize on it by transforming a small phosphate mine, in a growing agricultural region of central Brazil, into a sizeable value-added operation by…


South American Silver, whose Malku Khota deposit (above) hosts 81 million tonnes at 43 grams silver and 6.7 grams indium, is one of several companies active in Bolivia.

Time for a second look at Bolivia

LA PAZ, BOLIVIA — With national elections out of the way here and a spate of local polls completed and showing something of a setback for the populist Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) government, the political dust is settling in Bolivia and…



Vale goes big and goes home

The 24th trading week of the year saw the world’s biggest iron ore miner — Vale — and Germany’s biggest steelmaker — ThyssenKrupp Steel — usher in a new era in steelmaking in Brazil.



Cliffs goes after Spider

Iron ore and coal giant Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N) has raised its offer for Spider Resources (SPQ-V) by 27% to $109 million, putting a wrench in Spider’s plans to merge with KWG Resources (KWG-V…


NMC Resource mines South Korean moly

Molybdenum prices are trading at US$17.10 per lb. and NMC Resource (NRC-V), which owns 100% of a producing molybdenum mine in South Korea, thinks it’s a good time to be investing in the metal.



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