November 8, 2017

Rio Tinto joins race for stake in world’s largest lithium miner

Mining giant is eying the 32% interest in SQM that PotashCorp is selling to fulfill China's regulators condition for the approval of the its friendly merger with smaller rival Agrium.

November 6, 2017

Canadian junior miners worth jumps for second year in a row

Aggregate market cap of the top 100 junior stage.mining.companies was up 7% to $12.2 billion, a level not seen since 2010, but the group significantly underperformed the Venture Exchange as…

October 26, 2017

Sirius Minerals lands major Asian deal

The London-listed company sealed a 7-year commercial deal with Wilmar Group.

October 24, 2017

Brazil congressional committees vote on reforms helping small miners

While an estimated 61 larger miners will pay more, about 30,000 smaller miners seen as larger job creators will pay less.

October 20, 2017

New tool helps industry collect and share geoscience data

PDAC gearing up to launch Exploration Assessment Digital Data Formats guidelines, a practice expected to improve Canadian mine exploration discovery rates.

October 17, 2017

Nexans to power the world’s largest potash mine

French firm has secured an eight-year contract to provide power cable and support services for the Mosaic K3 potash mine in Canada.

October 11, 2017

Clean mining project shortlisted for $950 million Canadian gov’t funding

The CLEER (Clean, Low-energy, Effective, Engaged and Remediated) project focuses on water use, energy intensity and environmental footprint, with aggressive targets of a 50% reduction in each area by 2027.

October 9, 2017

K+S shares sink as salt firm’s shake-up turns sour

Company will combine its salt and potash businesses to make savings and target customers more effectively.

September 26, 2017

Brazil’s president revokes decree allowing mining in Amazon

It would have opened up for mining a vast national reserve in the country’s Amazon, larger than the size of Switzerland.

September 25, 2017

PotashCorp hires banks to lead sale of stake in Chilean lithium producer

Rumours point at US chemical company Albenarle Corporation as the first potential buyer for PotashCorp interest in SQM, worth about $4.5 billion.