Industrial/Specialty Minerals

Tin and silver — the new electric metals

Historic high prices for tin and silver are in the cards between now and 2018 as demand for the two metals in solder used in the electronics industry continues to climb and supply fails to keep pace, Jon Hykawy, head of global research at Byron…


Asian investment creates buzz about South American Silver

High-tech investors, materials manufacturers and end users of indium and gallium from Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea have invested US$16 million in South American Silver (SAC-T, SOHAF-) in a private placement that has brought the…



Augusta inches Rosemont forward

Augusta Resource (AZC-T, AZC-X) is slowly but surely pushing its Rosemont project in Arizona towards production, by securing the sixth major permit needed to start building the massive copper project, located 50 km southeast of Tucson.


Correction

In the story “Malaga sitting pretty as tungsten prices soar” (TNM, March 12–18/12), incorrect tungsten units were used.








Great Western arranges $80-million bond financing

Vancouver — Great Western Minerals Group (GWG-T) has secured US$80-million in a bond financing as it works to open its flagship rare earths mine in South Africa and build or upgrade several processing facilities.


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