Industrial/Specialty Minerals

Almonty Industries: Black’s second act?

Almonty Industries (AII-V) may be a relative newcomer to the Toronto Venture Exchange—it listed just nine months ago—but the junior tungsten producer is probably better known in the industry for its management depth.


Letter to the editor: Bismuth’s not bad at all

An article in the April 30-May 6, 2012, issue of The Northern Miner discussed the European Union’s ban on the use of lead in products sold in Europe and the resulting use of tin, silver and bismuth in solder for electronics to reduce…


Thompson Creek provides the lowdown on Mt. Milligan

VANCOUVER — As the old adage goes, it tends to always be darkest before the dawn, and that seems an apt description for Colorado-based molybdenum (moly) player Thompson Creek Metals (TCM-T, TC-N). The company is bulling through a stage of…


Rio Verde to secure $15M for key projects

Rio Verde Minerals (RVD-T) aims to add $15 million to its coffers to help fund exploration and development at its key potash and phosphate projects in northern Brazil, by selling its shares at a premium.



Revamped Virgin Metals improving Los Verdes

VANCOUVER — Back in 2008 Virgin Metals (VGM-V) was banking big on the high molybdenum price, marketing its advanced Los Verdes deposit in Mexico’s Sonora State as an exciting moly play and trying to rush it towards production.


Talison celebrates best Q3 ever

Cash-rich Talison Lithium (TLH-T) has booked record third-quarter sales volume, revenue and net income from its high-grade Greenbushes operation in southwestern Australia sending its shares higher.


Syncrude keeps on rolling

The Syncrude mine may not have been the first major oil operation in the Athabasca Oil Sands, but it was the second and it still stands as one of the region’s dominant oilsand projects.



A drill rig at Karnalyte Resources' flagship potash project near Wynyard, Saskatchewan. Photo by Karnalyte Resources

Potash a hot commodity on the Canadian prairies

With the world’s  population marching upward, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimating this year we’ll see the largest U.S. corn crop in 75 years, it may be no surprise that potash exploration and project development…



A worker inspects machinery underground at Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan's Lanigan potash mine in Saskatchewan. Photo by Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan

PotashCorp’s Q1 misses the mark

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan’s (POT-T, POT-N) first-quarter profits disappointed with lower potash sales, curtailed production and increased costs. But after trimming its 2012 earnings guidance, the Saskatoon-based company expects…


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