PotashCorp’s Q1 misses the mark
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (POT-T, POT-N) reported lower first quarter profits on the back of reduced potash sales and production volumes, revising its 2012 earnings guidance.
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Lifton describes copper as the “nerves of civilization”
In a keynote address at Byron Capital Markets’ third annual conference on electric metals in Toronto last week, Jack Lifton warned that the prospect of copper shortages should be of far greater concern than of electric metals such as rare…
Potash remains a hot commodity on the Canadian prairies
VANCOUVER — With world populations marching ever upward, and an updated forecast from the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimating the largest U.S. corn crop in 75 years through 2012, it comes as no surprise that potash exploration…
Analyst questions Orbite’s ‘game-changing’ technology
Orbite Aluminae (ORT-T) has been pushed in the spotlight after an analyst raised concerns about some of the technology the company will use to extract alumina and rare earths from its Grande-Vallee property in Quebec.
Augusta moves Rosemont forward
Augusta Resource (AZC-T, AZC-X) is slowly but surely pushing its Rosemont project in Arizona towards production by securing the sixth major permit needed to start building the primarily copper project located in Pima County, 50 km southeast of…
Avanti secures $640-million financing for Kitsault
VANCOUVER — Avanti Mining (AVT-V) has secured a much-needed major financing for its Kitsault molybdenum mine in northern British Columbia, with five lenders agreeing to provide up to $640 million in loans.
Tin and silver — the new electric metals
Historic high prices for tin and silver are in the cards between now and 2018 as demand for the two metals in solder used in the electronics industry continues to climb and supply fails to keep pace, Jon Hykawy, head of global research at Byron…
Asian investment creates buzz about South American Silver
High-tech investors, materials manufacturers and end users of indium and gallium from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea have invested US$16 million in South American Silver (SAC-T, SOHAF-) in a private placement that has brought the…
Montero proves up phosphate play to develop rare earths
Montero Mining and Exploration (MON-V) has proven up an asset that it will likely never develop.
Augusta inches Rosemont forward
Augusta Resource (AZC-T, AZC-X) is slowly but surely pushing its Rosemont project in Arizona towards production, by securing the sixth major permit needed to start building the massive copper project, located 50 km southeast of Tucson.
Correction
In the story “Malaga sitting pretty as tungsten prices soar” (TNM, March 12–18/12), incorrect tungsten units were used.
Locally sourced fertilizer sounds right to Stonegate
With a prefeasibility study in the bag, Stonegate Agricom (ST-T) is on track to do something that no other junior has done in the phosphate space for a long time.