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…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
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…
Molycorp to raise US$420 M in IPO for rare earths mine
Molycorp, owner of the Mountain Pass rare earth element mine in California, is going ahead with an initial pub…
Cliffs gets control of Big Daddy (July 12, 2010)
Spider Resources (SPQ-V) has called off its merger with KWG Resources (KWG-V), leaving it free to be swallowed by Cliffs Natural Resources (CLF-N). It ends the battle for control of the high-grade Big…
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…
Western Lithium holds rare jewel in Kings Valley
Jay Chmelauskas, President of Western Lithium (WLC-V) , saw the writing on the wall over five years ago.Chme…
BHP to build Jansen potash mine
Mining giant BHP Billiton (BHP-N) is set to become the world’s largest potash play, recently announcing it cou…
Cliffs tops KWG offer for Spider
KWG Resources (KWG-V) has until July 6 to match Cliffs Natural Resources’ (CLF-N) latest offer for Spider Reso…