Brazil’s Mura people back Amazon potash mine
Canada’s Brazil Potash has scored a key win in its effort to build its $2.5 billion Autazes project in the state of Amazonas as the local Indigenous Mura people have…
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BHP’s Thomas leads world’s largest potash project with targets on emissions, hiring
Simon Thomas, head of BHP’s (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP) Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan with a stage-one cost of US$5.7 billion, has returned to agriculture after top positions…
Brazil Potash project in the Amazon faces headwinds
The Brazilian unit of Canadian miner Brazil Potash, Potássio do Brasil, may not be able to continue conducting exploration in the Mura Indigenous territory of the Amazon following a court…
Why investors should make room for fertilizer stocks in their portfolios
Today I want to draw your attention to the other side of the commodities market — food. The soft commodities are an important but overlooked investment theme. As we head…
BHP speeds up Jansen project in Saskatchewan despite falling potash prices
BHP (NYSE: BHP; LSE: BHP; ASX: BHP), the world’s largest miner by market valuation, is increasing its capital spending this year on the Jansen potash project in Saskatchewan by 55%…
Nutrien freezes potash output ramp up, US ammonia project on weak market
Nutrien (TSX: NTR; NYSE: NTR), the world’s largest potash producer, is indefinitely pausing plans for ramping-up output and will also halt work on its clean ammonia project at Geismar, La.,…
Top ten US juniors to mid-tiers, outside of precious metals, coal
Nuclear fuel providers again led the largest United States-based junior and mid-tier mining companies valued from US$250 million to US$2 billion, excluding precious metals and coal producers. The data as…
Slowing global trade will make fighting climate change harder, says BHP exec
Mega-miner BHP takes a longer view than most. The Melbourne-based company, with copper, iron ore, coal and nickel mines in Australia and South America, looks at broad global trends that…
TSX books solid rise over July 10-14 trading week
Over the July 10-14 trading week, the S&P/TSX Composite Index advanced 451.38 points or 2.3% to 20,262.07. The S&P/TSX Global Mining Index rose 6.28 points or 6% to 110.58 and…
Rainbow, Mosaic partner on rare earths extraction in Brazil
Rainbow Rare Earths (LSE: RBW; US-OTC: RBWRF) has inked a memorandum of understanding with Mosaic (NYSE: MOS) to jointly study the viability of extracting rare earth elements (REEs) from the phosphate…
Appian ready to deploy US$2B in cash-starved mining sector, says CEO
About a decade ago, private equity (PE) funds began to take an interest in the mining sector. At the time, financing was hard to come by, and the growth of…
Canada’s Top Ten: Barrick leads this year’s list of miners by market cap
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX; NYSE: GOLD) returned as Canada’s largest mining company on the Toronto Stock Exchange, displacing last year’s leader Nutrien (TSX: NTR), which plummeted in market value by…