Scandium International hits feasibility study milestone
With a management team loaded with former executives from BHP Billiton (NYSE: BHP) and a definitive feasibility study under its belt for a specialty metal project with a 20-year mine…
Industrial/Specialty Minerals
Pure Energy’s Robinson surveys the world’s lithium deposits
VANCOUVER —While the burgeoning lithium market has sent companies scrambling to secure and advance lithium projects across the globe, anyone new to the scene may be left wondering what the…
Pure Energy fosters ingenuity for lithium brine technology
VANCOUVER — Pure Energy Minerals (TSXV: PE) is testing a processing technology that could be a game changer for its Clayton Valley South lithium brine project, located beside Albemarle’s (NYSE: ALB)…
TSX Venture falls, May 23-27
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index fell 2.6%, or 17.6 points, to a 668.54-point close over the trading period. Spot gold hit a three-month low, falling 3.2%, or US$39.60, to US$1,212.38…
The Northern Miner podcast – episode 14: Lithium 101 and the effects of national wine day
We dig further into the lithium boom in our lead up to an in-paper special on the commodity that’s all abuzz thanks to Elon Musk and Tesla Motors‘ (NASDAQ: TSLA) gigafactory…
NEO Lithium hits high-grade
From satellite imagery, Tres Quebrados just looked like an ordinary freshwater lake in northwestern Argentina. But when Waldo Perez stuck his hands into the brownish liquid he discovered something else…
Focus improves phosphate mine plan at Bayovar
VANCOUVER — Focus Ventures (TSXV: FCV) has updated a prefeasibility study at its Bayovar 12 phosphate property, 70 km south of the city of Piura, Peru. It envisages a a US$168-million development…
Veteran miner Kerry Knoll bets on moly renaissance
Since leaving his job as a journalist at The Northern Miner in 1987, Kerry Knoll has co-founded four companies and built four mines with his business partner Ian McDonald. Their…
Anglo American sells assets to China Moly for US$1.5B
One of China’s largest molybdenum and tungsten concentrates producers is buying Anglo American’s (US-OTC: AAUKF; LSE: AAL) phosphate and niobium businesses in Brazil for US$1.5 billion in cash. The sale…
TSX Venture hits nine-month high, April 18-22
The S&P/TSX Venture Composite Index broke a nine-month high over the trading period, gaining 22.34 points, or 3.5%, to a 656.18-point close, lifted by optimism over demand for industrial metals…
Empire Rock to investigate lithium brine in Alberta gas fields
Lisa Chapman hopes lithium production in the oil patch will help diversify Alberta’s economy. The president and CEO of Empire Rock Minerals (TSXV: EPR) is steering the junior explorer into…
Nemaska Lithium revs its Whabouchi project
Buzz is building around a perceived, impending supply deficit in the global lithium market, and that’s music to the ears of management at Nemaska Lithium (TSXV: NMX; US-OTC: NMKEF), which…