Industrial/Specialty Minerals



The Greenbushes lithium mine in Australia Tianqi Lithium, 250 km south of Perth in Western Australia. Credit: Tianqi Lithium.

Commentary: Lithium opportunities abound in Australia

The following is an edited excerpt from the publication “The lithium–ion battery value chain — new economy opportunities for Australia” by the Australian government’s Australian Trade and Investment Commission. To…


Antofagasta posts record copper production

Antofagasta (LON: ANTO) set a new record last year with group copper production of 725,300 tonnes, and the company expects it will produce 750,000-790,000 tonnes of the red metal this…


Millennial Lithium COO Iain Scarr (left) and Ergy Solar CEO Baltazar Robles at the Pastos Grandes lithium property in Argentina’s Salta province. Credit: Millennial Lithium.

Millennial Lithium de-risks Pastos Grandes

Farhad Abasov has high hopes for Millennial Lithium’s (TSXV: ML; US-OTC: MLNLF) Pastos Grandes lithium brine project in Argentina’s Salta province. The CEO expects a definitive feasibility study (DFS) in…


Drill core from hole 18-56, which returned 1.35% nickel over 4 metres. Credit: Balmoral resources.

Balmoral finds nickel zones at Grasset

Balmoral Resources (TSX: BAR; US-OTC: BALMF) has found several nickel sulphide zones in the central part of its Grasset ultramafic complex in Quebec after drilling the area during its late…







Peter Munk outside the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto in 2008. Credit: Tibor Kolley.

Top stories of 2018

While prices for the major metals and other mined commodities mostly went sideways during 2018, there was plenty of big news over the year — much of its stoked by…


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