Allana Potash sketches US$796M capex for Dallol
Allana Potash (AAA-T, AAA-V) is painting a rosy picture of its Dallol potash project in Ethiopia, with a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) that estimates start-up costs at US$796 million.
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Orocobre – Argentina’s next low-cost lithium producer?
Brisbane-based Orocobre (ORL-T, ORE-A) is looking to become a significant new lithium producer with its advanced-stage Salar de Olaroz lithium-potash brine project in northwestern Argentina. The company already has a definitive feasibility…
Legacy looks to make history
K+S plans to go ahead with building its Legacy project in Saskatchewan’s highly prospective potash basin, with initial production expected in 2015.
PEA sets out $7.7bn NPV for Orbite’s alumina project
Vancouver – Orbite Aluminae (ORT-T) has released some hard numbers as to the potential of its patented aluminum-extraction process and corresponding project that it promises will transform the industry.
Molycorp delivers on magnet-making jv
In August Molycorp’s (MCP-N) proposed partnership with Hitachi Metals to create a joint-venture that would manufacture neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) alloy and permanent rare earth magnets fell through when the two companies failed to reach…
Molycorp’s Mountain Pass: A made-in-America solution
In late October Molycorp (MCP-N) bused journalists from Fortune, Wired, Mother Jones and The Northern Miner, among others, down Interstate Highway 15 from Las Vegas to meet president and chief executive Mark Smith and tour the company’s…
Orocobre – Argentina’s next low-cost lithium producer?
Brisbane-based Orocobre (ORL-T, ORE-A) is looking to become a significant new producer of lithium with its advanced-stage Salar de Olaroz lithium-potash brine project in northwestern Argentina. The company already has a definitive feasibility…
Allana sketches a $796M capex for Dallol
Allana Potash (aaa-t) has started painting a somewhat rosy picture at its Dallol potash project in Ethiopia with a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA), estimating start-up costs at US$796 million.
Molycorp: A Made-in-America solution
In late October Molycorp (MCP-N) bused journalists from Fortune, Wired, Mother Jones and The Northern Miner, among others, down Interstate 15 from Las Vegas to meet president and chief executive Mark Smith and tour the company’s Mountain Pass…
Rodinia shares jump on PEA findings
Shares of Rodinia Lithium (RM-V) surged 42% to close at 30.5¢ on Nov. 8 after the junior exploration and development company released results of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) of its lithium brine project in northern Argentina’s…
Lithium Americas leads the lithium race
All systems are go for Lithium Americas (LAC-T) as it drives to get the world’s next major lithium mine into production.
Arianne’s Lac Paul to be ‘next generation’ mine
A prefeasibility study for D’Arianne Resources’ (DAN-V) Lac à Paul phosphate-titanium project in southeastern Quebec has placed the project “among the most attractive of the next generation of phosphate rock mines,” according to Bernard…