Quadra FNX pumps profits despite lower production
It was a busy second quarter for copper miner Quadra FNX Mining (QUX-T), but one that paid large profits to the recently merged company despite lower production totals.
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Norway’s Statoil defends its turf in Alberta’s oilsands
Norway’s Statoil ASA (STO-N, STL-O) has long been considered one of the world’s leading offshore operators but lately it has turned its attention to Canada’s oilsands. The Company landed in Alberta in a big way back in 2007 via its $2 billion…
NGEx Resources kicks off potash drill program
NGEx Resources (NGQ-T) has begun drilling its Bada potash project, about 150 km southeast of Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, and about 30 km inland from the port of Mersa Fatma on the Red Sea.
Great Western to build REE plant with Chinese partner
Great Western Minerals (GWG-V) plans to set up a joint venture with a Chinese company to build a rare earth (RE) separation plant in South Africa.
Woulfe advances Sangdong
With tungsten prices on the rise, Vancouver-based Woulfe Mining (WOF-V) is scrambling to restart the past-producing Sangdong tungsten-molybdenum mine in South Korea by late 2012.
New Mexico junior makes math gaffe, retracts high-grade REE assays
A little-known junior explorer based in Elephant Butte, New Mexico (population: 1,500), surprised investors twice last month, first by releasing spectacular rare-earth-element (REE) assays from its Warm Springs beryllium project in Sierra…
Frontier cuts deal with Koreans to advance Zandkopsdrift
In the race to bring the world new sources of rare earths from places other than China, Frontier Rare Earths (FRO-T) has put itself in a solid position, thanks to a deal with a deep-pocketed Korean consortium.
Puget Ventures set to become Global Cobalt
Within weeks, Puget Ventures (PVS-V) expects to complete a fundamental transformation from a modest Ontario-focused cobalt explorer into a global player, with a new name, new financing and a new focus on the Altai Republic in southern Russia.
[Update] Woulfe advances Sangdong
With tungsten prices on the rise, Vancouver-based Woulfe Mining (WOF-V) is scrambling to restart the past-producing Sangdong tungsten-molybdenum mine in South Korea by late 2012.
Glencore ups ante on PolyMet
Glencore International (GLEN-L) is betting that PolyMet Mining’s (POM-T, PLM-X) NorthMet polymetallic project in Minnesota has the stuff that profitable mines are made of.
Dacha offers REE investors a second home
With a near-threefold rise in its share price over the past three months, Dacha Strategic Metals (DSM-V) appears to have finally caught the attention of investors looking for a new way to enter the red-hot market for rare earths.
Verde Potash heats up on Brazilian Thermopotash
There is a whole lot of verdete slate at Verde Potash’s (NPK-V) unconventional potash play in Brazil. Standing atop a hill of the chalky green rocks, you can see the same rocks poking conspicuously from the many grass-covered hillsides in the…