Industrial/Specialty Minerals

K+S teams up with NGO to help Ugandan farmers 

Source: Print Archives | 2013-05-22
Germany-based fertilizer giant K+S AG (SDF-F) has signed a co-operation agreement with Sasakawa Africa Association in an effort to help farmers in Uganda.

Husky ready to make the Sunrise 

Source: Print Archives | 2013-05-22
There are an estimated 170 billion barrels of oil in Alberta’s oilsands, but getting them all out is proving to be a costly venture. As with the metal mining industry, mining for oil has been subjected to steep cost inflation over the...

Athabasca finds aggregate demand remains strong 

Source: Print Archives | 2013-05-22
VANCOUVER — Despite recent uncertainty surrounding production in Canada’s oil sands — due to issues like volatile crude prices and ongoing pipeline debates — growth remains the word for supply-oriented companies in the...

Thompson Creek sees its future in copper and gold 

Source: Print Archives | 2013-05-15
Thompson Creek Metals  (TCM-T, TC-N) is a go-to name in the molybdenum space, largely thanks to its namesake mine, which is the fourth-largest moly mine in the world.

PotashCorp's profits rise on greater potash demand  

Source: Print Archives | 2013-05-08
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT-T, POT-N) says renewed potash demand has lifted its first-quarter profits to $556 million, or 63¢ per share, up 13% from the same period last year.

PEA shows Lac Guéret has graphite potential 

Source: Print Archives | 2013-05-08
VANCOUVER — For just $90 million, Mason Graphite (LLG-V) could transform its Lac Guéret project in Quebec’s North Shore into a mine producing 50,000 tonnes of graphite concentrate annually for $390 per tonne, a cost that...

Allana closes in on Ethiopian potash development 

Source: Print Archives | 2013-05-08
VANCOUVER — Toronto-based junior Allana Potash (AAA-T) sees 2013 as a pivotal year for its wholly owned Dallol potash project in Ethiopia’s northeastern Danakil Depression, and since filing its last mining application in late April,...

Passport sees potash aplenty in Arizona 

Source: Print Archives | 2013-05-01
Is it possible to build a potash mine right beside Arizona’s treasured Petrified Forest National Park? Vancouver-based Passport Potash (PPI-V) believes so, and has in hand a new preliminary economic assessment that’s giving it the...

Legacy's costs climb, K+S delays commissioning 

Source: Print Archives | 2013-05-01
VANCOUVER — News of a 26% capital-cost increase and six-month delay in start-up at the Legacy potash mine in Saskatchewan drove owner K+S AG’s share price to a five-month low, but the German fertilizer giant remains confident that...

Canada Lithium pushing to make first shipment 

Source: Print Archives | 2013-05-01
Canada Lithium (CLQ-T) is adding Canadian hard-rock production to the lithium market, although it’s taking a little longer than expected.

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