Stillwater buys Marathon PGM in $118-million deal
Vancouver – Stillwater Mining (SWC-N), the only producer of platinum and palladium in the United States, is pa…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
The key players in Quebec’s lithium scene
SITE VISIT Nemiscau, Que. — Quebec has earned a reputation for being one of the world’s best mining jurisdictions. So it seems only fitting that lithium — widely touted as the metal of the future — would be found in great abundance in the…
Potash stocks rally following BHP bid
Vancouver – Smaller potash-based companies saw strong gains following BHP Billiton’s (BHP-N) unsolicited buyou…
Interview with lithium expert Keith Evans
Geologist and renowned lithium expert Keith Evans started his lithium adventure in the early 1970s when he t…
Hudson pulls long rare earth intercepts in Greenland
Vancouver – The final results from Hudson Resources’ (HUD-V) drill program on its Sarfartoq rare earth element…
The key players in Quebec lithium
Quebec has earned a reputation for being one of the world’s best mining jurisdictions. So it seems only f…
First Bauxite moves closer to production in Guyana
Vancouver – First Bauxite (FBX-V) has reached a key milestone in its path to becoming a producer with the rele…
N. American Tungsten to reopen Cantung mine on rebounding metal price
Vancouver – With the price of tungsten recovering from a low of US$185 per metric tonne unit to the current pr…
Western Lithium’s rare jewel: Kings Valley
SITE VISIT RENO, NEV. — Jay Chmelauskas, president of Western Lithium (WLC-V), saw the potential of lithium over five years ago. Chmelauskas, then-chief executive of Jinshan Gold Mines (JIN-T), was…
Antares PEA values Haquira copper project at US$1.07 billion
Antares Minerals (ANM-V) has completed a preliminary economic assessment for its Haquira project in southern P…
BHP set to build Jansen potash mine
Mining giant BHP Billiton (BHP-N) is set to become a major global player in potash, after recently announcing it could bring its huge Jansen potash project into production by 2015.
Talison and Salares Lithium to merge
Vancouver – Australian producer Talison Minerals and Vancouver-based Salares Lithium (LIT-V) are joining force…