Industrial/Specialty Minerals

BHP Billiton's Jansen operation in Saskatchewan, Canada. Source: BHP Billiton

Cartel break-up raises doubts about BHP’s Jansen project

The break-up of one of the world’s two big potash cartels has spawned much speculation about the future of BHP Billiton’s (NYSE: BHP) Jansen project in Saskatchewan, with a report from analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch…





Editorial: Potash earthquake

Like a sudden Saskatchewan thunderstorm, the potash market surprised everyone yet again with its capacity for drama and destruction, as everyone learned just how important the Russian-Belarusian potash cartel had been all this time in…



Midas Gold's Golden Meadows project in Idaho (2011). Source: Midas Gold

Midas gets a $9.8M infusion from Teck

Midas Gold (TSX: MAX; US-OTC: MDRPF) should have enough cash to advance its Golden Meadows gold-antimony-silver project in Idaho until the end of 2014, thanks to a strong endorsement from Teck Resources (TSX: TCK.B; NYSE: TCK).


Facilities at MBAC Fertilizer's Itafos Arraias phosphate project in Brazil. Source: MBAC Fertilizer

MBAC Fertilizer’s production milestone

MBAC Fertilizer (TSX: MBC; US-OTC: MBCFF) has started producing single super phosphate (SSP) powder at its Itafos Arraias project in central-northern Brazil — an area the government is calling the country’s new agricultural frontier.


Fortune closes in on final permits at NICO

VANCOUVER — It has been a promising six months for Fortune Minerals (TSX: FT; US-OTC: FTMDF) and its advanced-stage NICO gold-cobalt-bismuth project, 160 km northwest of Yellowknife, N.W.T. The London, Ont.-based company began the year…


U.S. markets, July 8-12

U.S. stocks closed the trading week in the green, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average adding 2.2%, or 328.46 points, to 15,464.30. The S&P 500 Index rose nearly 3%, or 48.3 points, to 1,680.19, and the Philadelphia Gold & Silver Index…


Mercator lowers Mineral Park’s copper-moly reserves

Mercator Minerals (TSX: ML; US-OTC: MLKKF) has updated the resource and reserve estimate for its Mineral Park copper-molybdenum mine in Arizona, noting that while reserves have decreased, the open-pit operation still has a promising life ahead.



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